noun
medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head
• Syn: ↑chanfron, ↑testiere, ↑frontstall, ↑front-stall
• Hypernyms: ↑armor plate, ↑armour plate, ↑armor plating, ↑plate armor, ↑plate armour
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noun also chaffron or chafron or chamfrain or chanfron (-s)Etymology: Middle English shamfron, from Middle French chanfrein, from Old French, irregular from chafresner to subdue, make obedient, from chief head (from Latin caput) + frener to bridle, from Latin frenare, from frenum bridle — more at head, refrain
: the headpiece of a horse's bard
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/cham"freuhn/, n. Armor.
chanfron.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.