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Barned vs Barded - What's the difference?

barned | barded |

As a verb barned

is (barn).

As an adjective barded is

(of a horse) accoutered with defensive armor.

barned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (barn)

    • barn

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) bern, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
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    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.}}
  • (label) A unit of surface area equal to 10-28 square metres.
  • An arena.
    • Derived terms
    * barnstar * barnstorm * barnyard * barn dance * barn door * barn owl * barn-raising * born in a barn * raised in a barn * smell the barn

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lay up in a barn.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Men often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain.
    (Fuller)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) barn, bern, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect, parts of Northern England) A child.
    • Synonyms
    * (child) bairn

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    barded

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a horse) Accoutered with defensive armor
  • Wearing rich caparisons.
  • * Stow
    • Fifteen hundred men barded and richly trapped.

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