variants
or barde
: a piece of armor or ornament for a horse's neck, breast, or flank
barded; barding; bards
1
: to furnish (a horse's neck, breast, or flank) with a piece of armor or ornament : to furnish with bards (see bard entry 2)
2
[borrowed from French barder, verbal derivative of barde "strip of fat to cover meat," figurative use of barde "piece of armor for a horse, packsaddle"]
: to dress meat for cooking by covering with strips of fat
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Examples of bard in a Sentence
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Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2024
After filling his glass, our new friend, framed by the sun setting over his shoulder, proceeded to serenade our camp with covers and traditional ukulele numbers like a Renaissance bard.
—Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
Chris Pine's winning take on a bard is the driving force here, but Michelle Rodriguez's barbarian and (an underutilized) Regé-Jean Page's paladin steal plenty of scenes by really hewing true to their characters' alignment chart.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2023
Paul Mescal is taking on the role of the bard in an upcoming movie.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
An all-star group of artists will pay tribute to O’Connor (and fellow late Irish punk bard Pogues singer Shane MacGowan) at a March 20 show at Carnegie Hall in New York.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
In 1976, Goldeneye was bought, sight unseen, by Bob Marley, the bard of Third World rebellion, who had overtaken Fleming as Jamaica’s leading cultural export.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Here was the punk bard of 20th century Ireland, drunken and damaged, but still connected to ancient Celtic spirits, singing with a reckless abandon that gave him a direct channel into the hearts of the clamoring Irish crowd.
—Rob Curran, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
The 30-second pitch for this movie is tantalizing: What if a highbrow black writer pretended to be a stereotypical bard of the ghetto, complete with spotty grammar, a prison record and an inordinate terror of police sirens?
—Kyle Smith, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
Noun
For me, the most shocking part of this year’s Super Bowl was the five seconds of the broadcast that showed Lana Del Rey, the bard of our tragic times, in a Kansas City jacket.
—Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2024
After filling his glass, our new friend, framed by the sun setting over his shoulder, proceeded to serenade our camp with covers and traditional ukulele numbers like a Renaissance bard.
—Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
Chris Pine's winning take on a bard is the driving force here, but Michelle Rodriguez's barbarian and (an underutilized) Regé-Jean Page's paladin steal plenty of scenes by really hewing true to their characters' alignment chart.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2023
Paul Mescal is taking on the role of the bard in an upcoming movie.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
An all-star group of artists will pay tribute to O’Connor (and fellow late Irish punk bard Pogues singer Shane MacGowan) at a March 20 show at Carnegie Hall in New York.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
In 1976, Goldeneye was bought, sight unseen, by Bob Marley, the bard of Third World rebellion, who had overtaken Fleming as Jamaica’s leading cultural export.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Here was the punk bard of 20th century Ireland, drunken and damaged, but still connected to ancient Celtic spirits, singing with a reckless abandon that gave him a direct channel into the hearts of the clamoring Irish crowd.
—Rob Curran, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
The 30-second pitch for this movie is tantalizing: What if a highbrow black writer pretended to be a stereotypical bard of the ghetto, complete with spotty grammar, a prison record and an inordinate terror of police sirens?
—Kyle Smith, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
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“Bard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bard. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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