bayard

bay 'reddish brown' (from Old French (modern bai), from Latin badius 'brown')

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

• bar m
• bard m

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