barde
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of barde
First recorded in 1450–1500
Example Sentences
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I had a common donkey pack-saddle—a barde, as they call it—fitted upon Modestine; and once more loaded her with my effects.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
But if victoriously their blades they plied, Or, baffled by the dragon, gave him beste,— Why, that the barde will sing after the battaille's teste!
From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, July 2, 1892 by Various
I had a common donkey pack-saddle—a barde, as they call it—fitted upon Modestine; and once more loaded her with my effects.
From Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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