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BARDED
Etymology
Adjective
barded (not comparable)
(of a horse) Accoutered with defensive armor
Wearing rich caparisons.
Anagrams
• Bedard, badder, bredda
Source: Wiktionary
Bard"ed, p.a. Etym: [See Bard horse armor.]
1. Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.
2. (Her.)
Definition: Wearing rich caparisons. Fifteen hundred men . . . barded and richly trapped. Stow.
BARD
Bard, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. bardd, Arm. barz, Ir. & Gael. bard, and F. barde.]
1. A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
2. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
Bard, Barde, n. Etym: [F. barde, of doubtful origin.]
1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]
2. pl.
Definition: Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
3. (Cookery)
Definition: A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
Bard, v. t. (Cookery)
Definition: To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
Bard, n. Etym: [Akin to Dan. & Sw. bark, Icel. börkr, LG. & HG. borke.]
1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
2. Specifically, Peruvian bark. Bark bed. See Bark stove (below).
– Bark pit, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning.
– Bark stove (Hort.), a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.
BARDE
Bard, Barde, n. Etym: [F. barde, of doubtful origin.]
1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]
2. pl.
Definition: Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
3. (Cookery)
Definition: A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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