What is "destriers"

Usage examples of "destriers".

Crossing the open exercise areas he came to the stables, filled with the ceaseless sounds and thick smells of horses of all sorts: brave coursers and glum-faced palfreys, massive destriers, well-formed jumpers and the enormous draft annuals that pulled the war drays of the entourage from Matloo.

The destriers and troop horses were tired, true, but so too were the ponies.

Then the ladies and gentlemen to the number of thirty-odd, mounted upon heavy, but swift, destriers and lighter palfreys.

Once fully accoutered, knights mounted their high horsesbattle-trained destriers big and strong enough to bear fully armed men at a fair speed for the time it might take to make contact with the enemy aheadwhile grooms led their amblers back to the remuda.

Uryd clan, leading their destriers through the passes, down into the unknown lands.