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barde

American  
[bahrd] / bɑrd /

noun

  1. bard.


verb (used with object)

barded, barding
  1. bard.

Etymology

Origin of barde

First recorded in 1450–1500

Example Sentences

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I use this to my advantage when I’m trying to dial up the color on a thin cut: A lean breast barded with bacon drips fat onto the coals, creating flames, flavor and char quickly.

From New York Times

The horse was barded in bronze- colored trappings dyed to match the rider's cloak and emblazoned with the burning tree.

From Literature

Nottingham asked the bards to bring to the studio anything they felt had led to them being been barded or had an importance to them.

From BBC

Among these words thus marked as obsolete in 1639, I find, on casually opening the book, the following, "abandon, abate, bardes, insanity."

From Project Gutenberg

Robert Frost was so good at reading and lecturing — he called it “barding around” — that he made much of his living doing exactly that.

From New York Times