poitrel

n. (马的)胸肩护甲

发音

/ˈpɔɪ.tɹəl/

词形变化

poitrels 复数 poitrels

别名

peitrel peytrel peytral

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A piece of armor for a horse's chest; the breastplate of a horse's armour or harness.

    历史

词源

From Middle English: the form poitral is from central/Parisian French poitrel, "introduced into English apparently by Caxton"; the older form peitral (Middle English peitrel, paytrel, etc) was borrowed from Anglo-Norman peitral; both are from Old French poitral (modern French poitrail).

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