Barcarolle
(Bar"ca*rolle) n. [F. barcarolle, fr. It. barcaruola, fr. barca bark, barge.] (Mus.) (a) A
popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers. (b) A piece of music composed in imitation of
such a song.
Barcon
(Bar"con) n. [It. barcone, fr. barca a bark.] A vessel for freight; — used in the Mediterranean.
Bard
(Bard) n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. bardd, Arm. barz, Ir. & Gael. bard, and F. barde.]
1. A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and
sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
2. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
Bard
(Bard, Barde) n. [F. barde, of doubtful origin.]
1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb.
[Often in the pl.]
2. pl. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
3. (Cookery) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
Bard
(Bard), v. t. (Cookery) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
Barded
(Bard"ed), p. a. [See Bard horse armor.]
1. Accoutered with defensive armor; — said of a horse.
2. (Her.) Wearing rich caparisons.
Fifteen hundred men . . . barded and richly trapped.
Stow.
Bardic
(Bard"ic), a. Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry. "The bardic lays of ancient Greece." G.
P. Marsh.
Bardish
(Bard"ish), a. Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards. "Bardish impostures." Selden.
Bardism
(Bard"ism) n. The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.
Bardling
(Bard"ling) n. An inferior bard. J. Cunningham.
