barded

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UK/ˈbɑːdɪd/US/ˈbɑɹdəd/

adjective

Of a horse, accoutered with defensive armor.

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Meanings

adjectivebarded (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf 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
  2. not comparableWearing rich caparisons.

    Fifteen hundred men […] barded and richly trapped.

    1841, William Reader, The Ruins of Kenilworth, an Historical Poem
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of bard

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Bedardbredda
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APA

barded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barded

MLA

“barded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barded. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barded,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barded.

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