barded
adjUK /ˈbɑːdɪd/ · US /ˈbɑɹdəd/
Etymology From bard + -ed. See bard (“horse armour”).
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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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Wearing rich caparisons.
- Fifteen hundred men […] barded and richly trapped.1841, William Reader, The Ruins of Kenilworth, an Historical Poem: