From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Barded \Bard"ed\, p. a. [See Bard horse armor.] 1. Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. [1913 Webster] 2. (Her.) Wearing rich caparisons. [1913 Webster] Fifteen hundred men . . . barded and richly trapped. --Stow. [1913 Webster]