The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Barded \Bard"ed\, p. a. [See Bard horse armor.]
   1. Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.
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   2. (Her.) Wearing rich caparisons.
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            Fifteen hundred men . . . barded and richly trapped.
                                                  --Stow.
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