ard n.[? related to the Nordic ard, plough, a term used in archaeology to describe the style of plough in use during the Bronze Age; note Partridge rejects this use](UK Und.) the foot.18901890190019101920193019401950196019701980a.1984Show quotations1890–1904Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues. 1937–84Partridge DSUE (1984) 24/2: C.17–early 19.