Fifteen hundred men . . . barded and richly trapped.
Stow.
Bard"ic, a. Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry. "The bardic lays of ancient Greece." G. P. Marsh.
Bard"ish, a. Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards. "Bardish impostures." Selden.
Bard"ism (-z'm), n. The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.
Bard"ling (-lng), n. An inferior bard. J. Cunningham.
Bard"ship, n. The state of being a bard.
Bare (bâr), a. [OE. bar, bare, AS. bær; akin to D. & G. baar, OHG. par, Icel. berr, Sw. & Dan. bar, OSlav. bos barefoot, Lith. basas; cf. Skr. bhs to shine. √85.]
1. Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.