a. Obs. [a. OF. blanchart whitish, bordering upon white, also as name of a white horse; f. blanc, blanch-white; see -ARD.] White; a white horse; often as a quasi-proper name. (Cf. bayard = bayhorse.)
c. 1440. Generydes, 2458. Vppon my stede blanchard thu ridest here.
c. 1440. Gaw. & Gol., ii. 19 (Jan.). On stedis stalwart and strang, Baith blanchart and bay.
