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barde.

horse-armour, also a long saddle for an ass or mule of canvas, pack-saddle

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Meaning & usage

noun/baʁd/
  1. horse-armour, also a long saddle for an ass or mule of canvas, pack-saddle

    feminine
  2. a thin layer of lard used to coat meat

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French barde, through Arabic بَرْدَة (barda); ultimately from Middle Persian pltk' (pardag). Compare to Persian پرده (parde), Old Armenian պարտակ (partak), and Classical Syriac ܦܪܕܩܐ (pardəqā).

noun/baʁd/
  1. bard (poet and singer)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin bardus (“poet, singer”), from Gaulish, cognate with other Celtic equivalents.

verb/baʁd/
  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of barder

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive
Where this word comes from

* see barder

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