† chieffrontn.
Obsolete.
Apparently a corruption of chaffron n., chamfron n.: cf. cheveronne n. in same sense.
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1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres Gloss. 250 Chieffront, a French word, is the arming for the forehead of the horse.
1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre v. ii. 166 The Horses head, necke, brest, and buttocke barbed with Pectron, Trappings, Crinier and Chieffront.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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