Wiktionary
shaffron
n. (alternative form of chamfron nodot=1 English) (gloss: protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears).
Usage examples of "shaffron".
Squires had already stripped the war-horse of its shaffron that protected its great head, the fifty pound saddle and metal peytral encasing its chest, put it into a halter and gave the beast to Geoffrey to take to Gunnie.