Barding

Barding (also spelled bard or barb) is armour for horses. During the late Middle Ages as armour protection for knights became more effective, their mounts became targets. This tactic was effective for the English at the Battle of Crécy in the fourteenth century where archers shot horses and heavy infantry killed the French knights after they dismounted. Barding developed as a response to such events.
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Noun
1. a lyric poet
(hypernym) poet
2. an ornamental caparison for a horse
(hypernym) caparison, trapping, trappings, housing, housings
(derivation) caparison, dress up
Verb
1. put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
(synonym) caparison, dress up
(hypernym) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify

The defense for the horse, sometimes referring to the armour and sometimes referring to the cloth decoration that served to identify the owner. During the 14th century armour for the horse seems to have been usually restricted to the chamfron for the head and the crinet for the neck, but there are also references to cuirboille armours. No armour from this period has survived, sadly. During the 15th century, as the knight himself adopted the full white harness , the horse was also sometimes fully armoured. See especially the very fine example of a German "gothic" harness in the Wallace Collection, London .

BARDANDO. MUNENDO DI BARDA. GUARNENDO CON FETTINE DI BACON