Meaning of manefaire | Babel Free

Definitions

Protective armor for a horse's neck; a crinet or criniere.

Examples

“The Criniere or Manefaire consisted of a number⟳ of small plates, generally about twelve, hooked together and to the chanfron, so as to be moveable, their use⟳ was to guard the neck of the horse from the stroke of a cutting sword.”

“The horse of a knight […] has a large criniere of mail pendant from the manefaire. […] The knight who carries the standard of Kybourgh has a manefaire on his horse of little plates rivetted on cloth, with a criniere below, and the bearer of the flag of Reineck, a poitrel on his horse, […]”

“The then proceeded to prove⟳ to Sir Philip Beauchamp, that the suit⟳ would not be complete⟳ without the testière, the chanfron, and the manefaire and poitral of the horse to correspond; […]”

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