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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)
- (obsolete, falconry) Each of the small hairs growing around a hawk's cere.
- (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.
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 555: