destrier


des·tri·er

D0166300 (dĕs′trē-ər, dĭ-strîr′)n. Archaic A warhorse.
[Middle English destrer, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *dextrārius, right-hand, from Latin dexter, right; see deks- in Indo-European roots.]

destrier

(ˈdɛstrɪə) n (Military) an archaic word for warhorse1[C13: from Old French, from destre right hand, from Latin dextra; from the fact that a squire led a knight's horse with his right hand]

des•tri•er

(ˈdɛs tri ər, dɛˈstrɪər)

n. Archaic. war-horse. [1250–1300; Middle English destrer < Anglo-French; Old French destrier, literally, (horse) led at the right hand]