TABARDS

Noun

tabards

plural of tabard

Anagrams

• Barstad, Bastard, bastard, batards

Source: Wiktionary


TABARD

Tab"ard, n. [OE. tabard, tabart; cf. Sp. & Pg. tabardo, It. tabarro, W. tabar, LGr. , LL. tabardum.]

Definition: A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. [Spelt also taberd.]

In a tabard he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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