Barde

bard2 (def 1).
bard2 (def 3).
armor. any of various pieces of defensive armor for a horse.
cookery. a thin slice of fat or bacon secured to a roast of meat or poultry to prevent its drying out while cooking.
armor. to caparison with bards.
cookery. to secure thin slices of fat or bacon to (a roast of meat or poultry) before cooking.
historical examples

i had a common donkey pack-saddle—a barde, as they call it—fitted upon modestine; and once more loaded her with my effects.
the works of robert louis stevenson – swanston edition robert louis stevenson

noun

(formerly) one of an ancient celtic order of poets who recited verses about the exploits, often legendary, of their tribes
(in modern times) a poet who wins a verse compet-tion at a welsh eisteddfod

(archaic or literary) any poet, esp one who writes lyric or heroic verse or is of national importance
noun
a piece of larding bacon or pork fat placed on game or lean meat during roasting to prevent drying out
an ornamental caparison for a horse
verb (transitive)
to place a bard on
noun
the bard, an epithet of william shakespeare
n.

mid-15c., from scottish, from old celtic bardos “poet, singer,” from pie root -gwer- “to lift up the voice, praise.” in historical times, a term of contempt among the scots (who considered them itinerant troublemakers), but one of great respect among the welsh.

all vagabundis, fulis, bardis, scudlaris, and siclike idill pepill, sall be brint on the cheek. [local scottish ordinance, c.1500]

subsequently idealized by scott in the more ancient sense of “lyric poet, singer.” poetic use of the word in english is from greek bardos, latin bardus, both from gaulish.