barded Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb put a caparison on
    dress up; barde; bard; caparison.
    • caparison the horses for the festive occasion

WordNet

Bard"ed participial adjective
Etymology
See Bard horse armor.
Definitions
  1. Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.
  2. (Her.) Wearing rich caparisons.
    Fifteen hundred men . . . barded and richly trapped. Stow.

Webster 1913