also 6 baird, bayrd. [a. F. barde-r (15th c.), f. barde BARD sb.2 and 3.]
1. To arm or caparison (a horse or man) with bards. (Chiefly in pa. pple.; cf. BARDED.)
a. 1521. Helyas, in Thoms, E. E. Pr. Rom. (1858), III. 83. A good and mighty courser well barded and trapped.
1629. Holland, Xenoph. Cyrop. (1632), 71. To unloose the horses … to bridle them … also to bard them.
1805. Scott, Last Minstrel, I. xxix. Scarce half the charger’s neck was seen; For he was barded from counter to tail.
1845. Blackw. Mag., LVIII. 775. The gallant bay charger barded with steel.
2. To cover (a fowl, etc.) with slices of bacon.
1655. Moufet & Bennet, Health’s Improv. (1746), 117. Whether roast Meat be best … larded, barded, scorch’d or basted.
1884. Phillis Browne, in Girl’s Own P., June, 491/2. Cooks who are afraid to lard the breasts of game or poultry frequently content themselves with barding the same.
