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Webster 1913 Edition


Crinet

{

Cri′nel

(kr?′nEl)
,

Cri′net

(kr?′n?t)
, }
Noun.
[L.
crinis
hair.]
A very fine, hairlike feather.
Booth.

Definition 2024


crinet

crinet

English

Noun

crinet (plural crinets)

  1. (obsolete, falconry) Each of the small hairs growing around a hawk's cere.
  2. (now historical) A set of metal armour plating worn around a horse's neck.
    • 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 555:
      His charger wore a blanket of enameled crimson scales and gilded crinet and chamfron, while Lord Tywin himself sported a thick ermine cloak.