barded

barded

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

barded (not comparable)

1. (of a horse) Accoutered with defensive armor
   • circa 1591-1594, William Shakespeare, Richard III, 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.
   • Stow

     Fifteen hundred men […] barded and richly trapped.

Anagrams

• Bedard, badder, bredda