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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