0 present participle of beard
1 to face, meet, or deal with an unpleasant or frightening person in a brave or determined way:
Houdans have small earlobes and wattles hidden by the crest and feather bearding.
However extensive bearding can lessen the brightness of the diamond.
Bee bearding records are calculated by weight, not number of bees, because of this variation across honey bee strains.
Nevertheless, the name bee bearding is still used.
