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bard

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noun (1)

1
a
: a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds
b
: a composer, singer, or declaimer of epic or heroic verse
2
: poet
bardic adjective

bard

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noun (2)

variants or barde
: a piece of armor or ornament for a horse's neck, breast, or flank

bard

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verb

barded; barding; bards

transitive verb

1
: to furnish (a horse's neck, breast, or flank) with a piece of armor or ornament : to furnish with bards (see bard entry 2)
2
[borrowed from French barder, verbal derivative of barde "strip of fat to cover meat," figurative use of barde "piece of armor for a horse, packsaddle"] : to dress meat for cooking by covering with strips of fat

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Scottish Gaelic & Irish

Noun (2)

borrowed from Middle French barde, going back to Old French, "packsaddle, saddle cover," borrowed from Arabic bardʽa (or borrowed from Italian barda in sense "piece of armor for a horse," borrowed from Arabic)

Verb

verbal derivative of bard entry 2

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bard was in the 15th century

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