barded

English

Etymology

bard +‎ -ed. See bard (“horse armour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)dɪd/

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Adjective

barded (not comparable)

1. (of a horse) Accoutered with defensive armor
   • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], lines 9-13:

     Grim-visag'd war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front;
     And now, instead of mounting barded steeds
     To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,
     He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber
     To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.

2. Wearing rich caparisons.
   • 1841, William Reader, The Ruins of Kenilworth, an Historical Poem:

     Fifteen hundred men […] barded and richly trapped.

Anagrams

• Bedard, badder, bredda