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Medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head
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chamfron
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head [syn: chanfron , testiere , frontstall , front-stall ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chamfron \Cham"fron\, n. [F. chanfrein.] (Anc. Armor) The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse. [Written also champfrain and chamfrain .] [1913 Webster] ||
Usage examples of chamfron.
So silent and still were they, that they might have been metal-sheathed statues, were it not for the occasional quick, impatient stamp of their chargers, or the rattle of chamfron against neck-plates as they tossed and strained.
His charger wore a blanket of enameled crimson scales and gilded crinet and chamfron, while Lord Tywin himself sported a thick ermine cloak.
His horse, a tall grey gelding, bore a black chamfron and a tall yellow crest, and its tail was bound up with white ribbons.
Their heads wore steel chamfrons, their chests, steel pectorals blazoned with the sun-clasping Eagle.
The steel chamfron had two ram's horns curling out from just in front of the ear holes and ring-joined plate made up the crinet and cuello armoring his neck and throat respectively.
Unicorn spikes adorned the mounts' chamfrons and they trailed gauzy lappets of gold or silver to match the floating capes and banner-topped lances carried by the riders.
Gold and silver and precious stones set in plumed crest and breastplate and shield, and even in the steel spiked chamfrons of the horses' head armor showed the rich loot which had fallen to the portion of Norman of Torn's wild raiders.