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plural bards
A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men. quotations examples
"He is a Welsh bard, and a man full of animation, anecdote, and independence; […] "
1837, Richard LLWYD, The Poetical Works of Richard Llwyd, the Bard of Snowdon
(by extension) A poet. examples
A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.) examples
Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms. examples
(cooking) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game. examples
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. examples
Specifically, Peruvian bark. examples
third-person singular simple present bards, present participle barding, simple past and past participle barded
To cover a horse in defensive armor. quotations examples
The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or men at arms were covered, or, to use the language of the time, barded, consisted of the following pieces made either of metal or jacked leather, the Chamfron, Chamfrein or Shaffron, the Criniere or Main Facre, the Poitrenal, Poitral or Breast Plate, and the Croupiere or Buttock Piece.
1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 29
(cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon. examples