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bards, plural;
  1. Cover (meat or game) with slices of bacon

Noun
  1. A slice of bacon placed on meat or game before roasting

  1. caparison: put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
  2. a lyric poet
  3. In medieval Gaelic and British culture (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man, Brittany and Cornwall) a bard was a professional poet, employed by a patron, such as a monarch or nobleman, to commemorate the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.
  4. Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) (বাংলাদেশ পল্লী উন্নয়ন একাডেমী (বার্ড)) is an autonomous institution that strives for research and training of local people as well as practitioners on rural development. ...
  5. Bard is the third studio album by the English progressive rock band, Big Big Train. It was released in 2002 by Treefrog Records.
  6. Bard is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of northwestern Italy. It is part of the Montana Monte Rosa comune and has a population of 134.
  7. The bard is a standard playable character class in many editions of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. The bard class is versatile, capable of combat and of magic (Divine magic in earlier editions, arcane magic in later editions). ...
  8. Though each Final Fantasy story is independent, many aspects of gameplay have remained relatively consistent throughout the series.
  9. A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men; Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon; To cover a horse in defensive armor; To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon
  10. (barded) Accoutered with defensive armor
  11. (Barded) A horse in harness is said to be barded and caparisoned. Originally a barded horse was one protected by metal trappings, such as those ridden by knights in medieval times. The armor covered the neck, breast and shoulders.
  12. (Barded) Caparisoned. The Bardings of the Knightly war-horses were commonly charged with heraldic insignia.
  13. (Barding) The practice of wrapping lean cuts of meat to be with thin slices of back fat. The converse of this is larding, in which long strips of fat are inserted into the cut of meat to keep it moist during cooking.
  14. (Barding) This involves covering the breasts of game and poultry with fatty bacon or pork. The meat can then be roasted, safe in the knowledge that it will not be dry.
  15. (Barding) to wrap in fat, typically to meat, prior to cooking, to impart moisture and flavor
  16. (barding (archaic term for horse armour)) bardaʿah, packsaddle -any of various pieces of defensive armor for a horse covering, from Persian.
  17. (Bards) Among the smallest classes of gryphs, Bards are lithe and acrobatic, as well as possessing beautiful voices. Intelligent and creative, they are the most playful of gryphs, natural born entertainers. Bards stand 3.5 feet at the shoulder and are 8 feet in length, with 2 feet being tail.
  18. (Bards) Armor covering for the breast and flanks of a war horse; also sometimes used for an ornamental horse covering.
  19. (Bards) Singers, poets, genealogists, "political commentators" and preservers of the Celtic oral traditions.
  20. To tie fat around lean meats or fowl to keep them from drying out during roasting. The fat bastes the meat while it cooks, keeping it moist and adding flavor. The fat is removed a few minutes before the meat is finished, allowing the meat to brown. ...
  21. A Druid gifted in the magick of music, song, dance, poetry, story-telling - or all of the above.
  22. To tie bacon or pork fat over a joint of meat or poultry before it is roasted to prevent it from drying out during cooking.
  23. To dress for roasting with large slices of pork fat draped over the meat.
  24. originally a Celtic name for a poet-singer.
  25. (Welsh Bardd, Irish Bard): (1) An ancient Celtic poet, singer and harpist who recited heroic poems by memory. These bards were the oral historians, political critics, eulogizers, and entertainers of their ancient societies. ...