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mainfaire

mainfaire is the alternative form of manefaire.

Meaning of manefaire

Noun

manefaire (plural manefaires)

  1. (possibly erroneous) Protective armor for a horse's neck; a crinet or criniere.
    • The Criniere or Manefaire consisted of a number of small plates, generally about twelve, hooked together and to the chanfron, so as to be moveable, their use was to guard the neck of the horse from the stroke of a cutting sword.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 30

Forms of mainfaire

pluralmainfaires

Questions about mainfaire

What is mainfaire the alternative form of?
Mainfaire is the alternative form of manefaire.

Words near mainfaire in the dictionary

  1. mainer
  2. mainers
  3. maines
  4. Mainespeak
  5. mainest
  6. mainfaire
  7. mainfaires
  8. mainfall
  9. mainfalls
  10. mainfer
  11. mainfere

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