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crinet
/ˈkɹɪn.ɪt/
noun 2
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2VERB + CRINET
gilded, scales
CRINET + NOUN
chamfron
Definitions
noun
1
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; […]
2
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.
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She has a blue beak, but the seer thereof, and legs, are yellow; the crinets or little feathers under the eye are very black; […]
Wiktionary02
His charger wore a blanket of enameled crimson scales and gilded crinet and chamfron, while Lord Tywin himself sported a thick ermine cloak.
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