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barde

  [bahrd] noun, verb, bard⋅ed, bard⋅ing. Armor.
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–noun
1. bard 2 (def. 1).
–verb (used with object)
2. bard 2 (def. 3).
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2  [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.
–verb (used with object)
3. Armor. to caparison with bards.
4. Cookery. to secure thin slices of fat or bacon to (a roast of meat or poultry) before cooking.
Also, barde (for defs. 1, 3).

Origin:
1470–80; < MF barde < Southern It barda armor for a horse < Ar bardaʿah packsaddle < Pers pardah covering
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bard 2 also barde   (bärd)   
n.  A piece of armor used to protect or ornament a horse.
tr.v.   bard·ed, bard·ing, bards

  1. To equip (a horse) with bards.

  2. To cover (meat) in thin pieces of bacon or fat to preserve moisture during cooking.


[Middle English barde, from Old French, from Old Italian barda, from Arabic barda'a, packsaddle, from Persian pardah; see purdah.]
barde   (bärd)   
n.   & tr.v.
Variant of bard2.
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Word Origin & History

bard 
1449, from Scottish, from O.Celt. bardos "poet, singer," from PIE base *gwer- "to lift up the voice, praise." In historic 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 Gk. bardos, L. bardus, both from Gaulish. Bardolatry "worship of Shakespeare (the 'Bard of Avon')" first recorded 1901.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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