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barde

[bahrd]Armor.
noun
  1. bard2(def 1).
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verb (used with object), bard·ed, bard·ing.
  1. bard2(def 3).
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bard

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[bahrd]
noun
  1. Armor. any of various pieces of defensive armor for a horse.
  2. Cookery. a thin slice of fat or bacon secured to a roast of meat or poultry to prevent its drying out while cooking.
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verb (used with object)
  1. Armor. to caparison with bards.
  2. Cookery. to secure thin slices of fat or bacon to (a roast of meat or poultry) before cooking.
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Also barde (for defs 1, 3).

Origin of bard

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1470–80; < Middle French barde < Southern Italian barda armor for a horse < Arabic bardaʿah packsaddle < Persian pardah covering
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Historical Examples of barde

  • I had a common donkey pack-saddle—a barde, as they call it—fitted upon Modestine; and once more loaded her with my effects.

    The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition

    Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for barde

bard

1
noun
    1. (formerly) one of an ancient Celtic order of poets who recited verses about the exploits, often legendary, of their tribes
    2. (in modern times) a poet who wins a verse competition at a Welsh eisteddfod
  2. archaic, or literary any poet, esp one who writes lyric or heroic verse or is of national importance
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Derived Formsbardic, adjectivebardism, noun

Word Origin for bard

C14: from Scottish Gaelic; related to Welsh bardd

bard

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barde

noun
  1. a piece of larding bacon or pork fat placed on game or lean meat during roasting to prevent drying out
  2. an ornamental caparison for a horse
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verb (tr)
  1. to place a bard on
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Word Origin for bard

C15: from Old French barde, from Old Italian barda, from Arabic barda`ah packsaddle

Bard

noun
  1. the Bard an epithet of William Shakespeare
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Word Origin and History for barde

bard

n.

mid-15c., from Scottish, from Old Celtic bardos "poet, singer," from PIE root *gwer- "to lift up the voice, praise." In historical times, a term of contempt among the Scots (who considered them itinerant troublemakers), but one of great respect among the Welsh.

All vagabundis, fulis, bardis, scudlaris, and siclike idill pepill, sall be brint on the cheek. [local Scottish ordinance, c.1500]

Subsequently idealized by Scott in the more ancient sense of "lyric poet, singer." Poetic use of the word in English is from Greek bardos, Latin bardus, both from Gaulish.

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