/lee ahr"/ ; Fr. /lee annrdd"/ , n. , pl. liards /lee ahrz"/ ; Fr. /lee annrdd"/ .
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
[ 1535-45; named after G. Liard, 15th-century French minter ]