crinet
/ˈkɹɪn.ɪt/
crinet noun: each of the small hair-like feathers growing around a hawk's cere.
Noun
crinet (plural crinets)
- Each of the small hair-like feathers growing around a hawk's cere.
- She has a blue beak, but the seer thereof, and legs, are yellow; the crinets or little feathers under the eye are very black; […]1792, William Augustus Osbaldiston, The British Sportsman, page 379
- A set of metal armour plating worn around a horse's neck.
- His charger wore a blanket of enameled crimson scales and gilded crinet and chamfron, while Lord Tywin himself sported a thick ermine cloak.1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 555
- Synonyms:
- criniere
Synonyms of crinet
Forms of crinet
| plural | crinets |
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Origin of crinet
Probably from Middle French crin (“hair”) + -et.
Questions about crinet
- What does crinet mean?
- Crinet means each of the small hair-like feathers growing around a hawk's cere.
- What part of speech is crinet?
- Crinet is a noun.
- How do you pronounce crinet?
- Crinet is pronounced /ˈkɹɪn.ɪt/.
- What is the plural of crinet?
- The plural of crinet is crinets.
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