Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fore part of a horse's head.
- noun Same as
chamfron .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The fore part of a horse's head.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
forepart of ahorse 'shead .
Etymologies
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French chanfrein. Compare chamfron.
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Examples
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The horse must likewise be accoutred, it must be furnished with a chanfrin to protect its head and one of those wooden saddles with broad pommels which seemed to encase the rider. [
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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