A singer, particularly a professional singer who performs ballads.
To sing a ballad
A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
A poet.
Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
Specifically, Peruvian bark.
To cover a horse in defensive armor.
To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.