Obs. [a. F. bayard, baiart, in same sense: cf. BAIARDOUR.] A kind of hand-barrow used for heavy loads; also fig.

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1642.  Rogers, Naaman, 30. When they are laid upon his bayard, and when he hath them upon the hip. Ibid., 35. Surely he is faine to lay men upon the bayard.

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