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Barding

To cover a horse in defensive armor.

📖 Definitions of "Barding"

verb
  1. 1

    To cover a horse in defensive armor.

  2. 2

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

noun
  1. 1

    Armour for a warhorse.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Barding"

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dress upverb(intransitive) To put on special or fancy clothes.
caparisonnounThe often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.
barbnoun(figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
bombardsnoun(obsolete) Padded breeches.
tabardnounA sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment.
battle-sarknoun(archaic) Complete set of clothes used for body protection in battle, armour
bracenounA curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
armouringnounArmour or shielding.
harnessnoun(countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
armourynounA place where arms are kept, an arsenal.
barmskinnoun(UK, dialect, obsolete) A blacksmith's leather apron.
testierenoun(historical) Complete armour for a horse's head.
cataphractnoun(military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
coat armournoun(archaic, heraldry) The escutcheon of a person or family, with its charges, mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc.
buff coatnounA kind of leather coat, mainly worn by European cavalry and officers in the 17th century.
bordurenoun(heraldry) A contrasting border around a shield.
brassardnounAn insignia or band worn around the upper arm.
tabardernounOne who wears a tabard.
armourialBritish spelling of armorial.
brondnoun(obsolete) A sword.

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