E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Bayar’do.
The famous steed of Rinaldo, which once belonged to Am’adis of Gaul. (See HORSE.)
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Bayardo’s Leap. Three stones, about thirty yards apart, near Sleaford. It is said that Rinaldo was riding on his favourite steed Bayardo, when the demon of the place sprang behind him; but the animal in terror took three tremendous leaps and unhorsed the fiend.
