Obs. [short for BARDED; perh. influenced by BARRED.] = BARDED 1, 2, BARBED2.
1581. Styward, Martial Discip., II. 127. The armed men, as well bard as light.
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.
1627. Drayton, Agincourt (1631), 11. Rich Sadles for the Light-horse and the Bard.
