barde

horse-armour, also a long saddle for an ass or mule of canvas, pack-saddle; a thin layer of lard used to coat meat

Inherited from Old French barde, through Arabic بَرْدَة (barda); ultimately from Middle Persian pltk' (pardag). Compare to Persian پرده (parde), Old Armenian պարտակ (partak), and Classical Syriac ܦܪܕܩܐ (pardəqā).

bard (poet and singer)

Related: bardique

From Latin bardus (“poet, singer”), from Gaulish, cognate with other Celtic equivalents.