barded en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɑːdɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbɑɹdəd/ (General-American)
Etymology
From bard + -ed. See bard (“horse armour”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of a horse, accoutered with defensive armor.
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.
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:
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(not-comparable) Wearing rich caparisons.
Fifteen hundred men […] barded and richly trapped.
1841, William Reader, The Ruins of Kenilworth, an Historical Poem: