BARD

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Scottish Gaelic & Irish Date: 15th century 1. a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds, a composer, singer, or declaimer of epic or heroic verse, poet , ~ic adjective II. noun or ~e Etymology: Middle French ~e, from Old Italian ~a, from Arabic dialect ~‘a packsaddle, saddle cover Date: 15th century a piece of armor or ornament for a horse's neck, breast, or flank, III. transitive verb Date: circa 1521 to furnish with ~s, to dress meat for cooking by covering with strips of fat