Meaning

2 senses

  1. To cover a horse in defensive armor.

  2. To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

More definitions
  • put a caparison on

Origin

From French barde. English since the late 15th century.

From French barde. English since the late 15th century.

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Forms

bards, barding, barded, barded

regular · Lesson

Base formbard · to bard
3rd person singularbards
Present participlebarding
Past simplebarded
Past participlebarded

Tenses

bard · barded · will bard · have barded

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybard
he, she, itbards

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave barded
he, she, ithas barded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bard

Past simpleLesson

all personsbarded

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
barbershopB2barbiebarcodebareB1

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