destrier

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Lancelot leapt up on the destrier, and now seemed him he was safer than before.

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  • Here was General Vian on a blood bay destrier, leading a charge against a phalanx of demons. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 06 - June 2001
  • He'd had to ride his last warhorse into the ground during the retreat from Phyrax Field and his new destrier was not as battle hardened, as he liked. —  Carr, John F, Kalvan Kingmaker (v1.0) (html).html
  • Divots of grass and dark, moist earth shot skyward as well, as the destrier's hooves pounded at the turf and brush. —  Map.html
  • He sat his black destrier, one hand resting on the hilt of the sword at his hip, as he looked around at the bustle of departure. —  THE WIDOW’S KISS
  • She glanced sideways to where Hugh sat his destrier, his expression impassive. —  THE WIDOW’S KISS
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  1. Middle English destrer, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *dextrārius, right-hand, from Latin dexter, right; see deks- in Indo-European roots.
 

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