chamfron

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chamfron

/ˈt͡ʃam.fɹən/ UK
/ˈtʃæm.fɹən/ US

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From Old French chanfrain, presumably from champ, chanp (“field, battlefield”) + frein (“bit (between a horse's teeth)”).

noun chamfrons

Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears. The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or men at arms were covered, or, to use the language of the time, barded, consisted of the following pieces made either of metal or jacked leather, the Chamfron, Chamfrein or Shaffron, the Criniere or Main Facre, the Poitrenal, Poitral

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noun armor

Français	chanfrein
Deutsch	Rossstirn
Italiano	testiera

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@misc{chamfron_2026,
  title = {chamfron},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chamfron},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}