Obs. [short for BARDED; perh. influenced by BARRED.] = BARDED 1, 2, BARBED2.

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1581.  Styward, Martial Discip., II. 127. The armed men, as well bard as light.

2

1609.  Holland, Amm. Marcell., XVI. v. 63. On bard horses [cataphracti equites] … harnessed all over with good corselets, and bard about [cincti] with guards of steele.

3

1627.  Drayton, Agincourt (1631), 11. Rich Sadles for the Light-horse and the Bard.

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