Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Armor used to protect the front of a war horse's head in medieval times.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The defensive armor of the front part of the head of a war-horse. In the fifteenth century, when bards had attained their greatest development, it was fitted with earpieces covering the horse's ears, and protected the whole head between the eyes and as far down as the nostrils. It was often fitted with a spike or boss between the eyes. Also chanfrin, charfron, chaffron, chamfrin, chanfron. See cuts under
armor (fig. 2) and bard.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Anc. Armor) The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse.
WordNet 3.0
- n. medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head
Etymologies
- From Old French chanfrain, presumably from champ, chanp ("field, battle field") + frein ("bit (between a horse's teeth)"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English shamfron, from Old French chanfrein : Latin cāmus, horse-muzzle, heavy necklace (from Greek kēmos) + Latin frēnum, bridle, bit; see frenum. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“a stroke on his head, which, glancing from the polished helmet, lighted with violence scarcely abated on the "chamfron" of the steed, and”
“He rode, not a mule, like his companion, but a strong hackney for the road, to save his gallant war-horse, which a squire led behind, fully accoutred for battle, with a chamfron or plaited head-piece upon his head, having a short spike projecting from the front.”
“A huge black chaliko all armored in gold looked down at him, its benign eyes peering from the openings of a gilded chamfron.”
“It was high time; for, while the Disinherited Knight was pressing upon the Templar, Front-de-Boeuf had got nigh to him with his uplifted sword; but ere the blow could descend, the Sable Knight dealt a stroke on his head, which, glancing from the polished helmet, lighted with violence scarcely abated on the chamfron [84-16] of the steed, and”
“So silent and still were they, that they might have been metal - sheathed statues, were it not for the occasional quick, impatient stamp of their chargers, or the rattle of chamfron against neck - plates as they tossed and strained.”
“So silent and still were they, that they might have been metal-sheathed statues, were it not for the occasional quick, impatient stamp of their chargers, or the rattle of chamfron against neck-plates as they tossed and strained.”
“It was high time; for, while the Disinherited Knight was pressing upon the Templar, Front-de-Boeuf had got nigh to him with his uplifted sword; but ere the blow could descend, the Sable Knight dealt a stroke on his head, which, glancing from the polished helmet, lighted with violence scarcely abated on the chamfron of the steed, and Front-de-Boeuf rolled on the ground, both horse and man equally stunned by the fury of the blow.”
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““chamfron” of the steed, and Front-de-Boeuf rolled on the ground, both horse and man equally stunned by the fury of the blow.”
“_chamfron_ of the steed, and Front-de-Buf rolled on the ground, both horse and man equally stunned by the fury of the blow.”
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chained_bear See champron. Nov 7, 2007