different between byard vs bayard

English

Etymology

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Noun

byard (plural byards)

1. (historical) A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines.

Anagrams

• Brady, Darby, bardy, brady, brady-, darby

English

Etymology

From French bayard, from Middle French bayard, from Old French béart, bayart, baiart, boieart, boyart, bayard (“stretcher”), of uncertain origin. Synchronically analyzable as bay +? -ard.

Noun

bayard (plural bayards)

1. A bay horse
2. (humorous) Any horse
3. (archaic) A stupid, clownish fellow.

Translations

Adjective

bayard (comparative more bayard, superlative most bayard)

1. coloured bay, reddish brown, notably said of equines

Synonyms

• foxy

Translations

French

Alternative forms

• bayart

Etymology

From Middle French bayard, from Old French béart, bayart, baiart, boieart, boyart, bayard (“stretcher”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from unattested *berard, from Frankish *berhard (“carrier”), from Frankish *beran (“to carry”) + *-hard.

Noun

bayard m (plural bayards)

1. A solid type of stretcher for carrying heavy loads

Synonyms

• bar m
• bard m

Further reading

• “bayard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).