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chamfrein

chamfrein is the alternative form of chamfron.

Meaning of chamfron

Noun

chamfron (plural chamfrons)

  1. Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
    • The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or men at arms were covered, or, to use the language of the time, barded, consisted of the following pieces made either of metal or jacked leather, the Chamfron, Chamfrein or Shaffron, the Criniere or Main Facre, the Poitrenal...1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 29

Forms of chamfrein

pluralchamfreins

Origin of chamfrein

See chamfron.

Questions about chamfrein

What is chamfrein the alternative form of?
Chamfrein is the alternative form of chamfron.

Words near chamfrein in the dictionary

  1. chamferings
  2. chamferless
  3. chamfers
  4. chamfrain
  5. chamfrains
  6. chamfrein
  7. chamfreins
  8. chamfret
  9. chamfrets
  10. chamfron
  11. chamfrons

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