" bard "

[Noun]  | "bard" | \ ˈbärd \

1: a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds

2: a composer, singer, or declaimer of epic or heroic verse

3: poet

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English, from Scottish Gaelic & Irish;

[Noun]  | "bard" | \ ˈbärd \

1: a piece of armor or ornament for a horse's neck, breast, or flank

Origin: 15th century ;

 Borrowed from Middle French barde, going back to Old French, "packsaddle, saddle cover," borrowed from Arabic bardʽa (or borrowed from Italian barda in sense "piece of armor for a horse," borrowed from Arabic);

[Verb]  | "bard" 

1: to furnish (a horse's neck, breast, or flank) with a piece of armor or ornament : to furnish with bards

2: to dress meat for cooking by covering with strips of fat

Origin: 1501 ;

 Verbal derivative of {see: |bard:2|bard:2};

[Noun]  | "bard"