Meaning of mainfaire | Babel Free

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“464. Demi-chanfron, with central spike in the middle of the forehead, hinged crinière at the top. Dec.: none. Attached is a mainfaire of eleven arched plates with rounded ends; each plate is pierced on either side with an oblong opening.This will considerably lighten the mainfaire, and make little difference in the strength of the plates. Italian, about 1580.”

“Saddles, chanfrons, and mainfaires of both bards are preserved, these sets being that of the dragon chanfron on the horse A190, and that with the inlaid work on the present figure; but the cruppers and poitrels of both have been […]”

“Complete Guard for a Horse's Head and Neck (Chanfron, with Hinged Crinet and Mainfaire of twelve plates). The borders are slightly roped. The inside edges of the eye apertures are guarded by narrow flanged plates rivetted on. […], with radiating curved slightly sunken bands, from the centre to the edge of the chanfron, etched with birds, satyrs, and scrolls, gilt on a blackened ground. The same decoration borders the plates of the mainfaire, down each side of which is a vandyked fringe of mail; this has been added, and is of […]”

“It was usually attached to the Mainfaire, which covered the horse's mane and the neck.”

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