crinet

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crinet

/ˈkɹɪn.ɪt/
/ˈkɹɪn.ət/
/kɹɪˈnɛt/

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Probably from Middle French crin (“hair”) + -et.

noun crinets

obsolete Each of the small hair-like feathers growing around a hawk's cere. She has a blue beak, but the seer thereof, and legs, are yellow; the crinets or little feathers under the eye are very black; […]
historical A set of metal armour plating worn around a horse's neck. His charger wore a blanket of enameled crimson scales and gilded crinet and chamfron, while Lord Tywin himself sported a thick ermine cloak.
Similar: criniere

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@misc{crinet_2026,
  title = {crinet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crinet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}