sard1
/sɑːd
/noun [mass noun]
A yellow or brownish-red semi-precious stone consisting of a variety of chalcedony.The figure of God resembling jaspar and sard stone, that is, a yellow and red stone matched by the pigments in the painting, sits in Heaven, indicated by the snowflake stars....
- Both men and women wore sard, and numerous examples of Greek and Etruscan jewelry include stunning specimens of ornately carved sard.
Origin
Late Middle English: from French sarde or Latin sarda, from Greek sardios, probably from Sardō 'Sardinia'.
Rhymes
Sard2
/sɑːd/adjective & noun
Another term for Sardinian.Luckily, there has been renewed interest in and appreciation of traditional Sard culture and artisanship, which were repressed for so many centuries.