[ANSTHRLD] A Bardic Thistle?

[Mike Wyvill]

>
>See also "garb".  Unfortunately, while you can usually substitute
>"bardic" or "bard" for "barding", I don't know of anything easier than
>"medieval clothing" to substitute for "garb".  (I don't have an OED
>handy, but I dimly recall "garb" meaning "clothing" being 19th C or
>so.)

I have been present when Thistles have been awarded for 'Costuming'. Perhaps 
the way around using 'Barding' as a descriptive device is to use 
'Performance'.

Engenulf de Vienville