barded

Definition

Accoutered with defensive armor

Etymology

From bard + -ed. See bard (“horse armour”).

Example Sentences

• "Grim-visag'd war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front; And now, instead of mounting barded steeds To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute."
• "Fifteen hundred men […] barded and richly trapped."