bayard of ten toes
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Sense 1
Meaning · English
The feet, as a means of travelling.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
An honest poor man is the proof of misery, where patience is put to the trial of her strength to endure grief without passion, in starving with concealed necessity, or standing in the adventures of charity : if he be married, want rings in his ears, and woe watereth his eyes : if single, he droopeth
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Sense 2
Meaning · English
To ride bayard of ten toes, is to walk on foot. Bayard was a horse famous in old romances,
Era: ca. 1811 (Georgian)
Where it’s used:
Origin
British & Irish English
Sources & notes
Historical definition reproduced from Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811 edition, public domain; Project Gutenberg #5402, retrieved 2026-07-31). Reflects the attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “bayard of ten toes” mean?
The feet, as a means of travelling.
Is “bayard of ten toes” formal or informal?
bayard of ten toes is generally slang.