bayard

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.

bayard (plural bayards)

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

bayard (comparative more bayard, superlative most bayard)

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

• foxy

• bayart

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.

bayard m (plural bayards)

1. a solid type of stretcher for carrying heavy loads

   Synonyms: bar m, bard m

• → Catalan: baiard

• “bayard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.