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cheveronne
† ˈcheveronne Obs. rare. Apparently a corruption of chaufron, shawfron, chamfrain; perh. confused with the heraldic chevron.c 1420 Anturs of Arth. xxx, His stede..was trapput to the hele. Opon his cheueronne be-forn, Stode as a vnicorn Als scharpe as a thorn An nanlas of stele.
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chamfrain
ˈchamfrain, -fron arch. Also 5 shawfron, shamfron, 6 chaufrayne, 7 -frain, 9 chamfrain, -fron, (champfrein); see also chaffron and its variants. [a. OF. chaufrain, chanfrain (Cotgr. has both), in mod.F. chanfrein, of unknown origin. (Certainly quite a distinct word from chanfrein, chamfer.) The corr...
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chieffront
† chieffront Obs. App. a corruption of chaffron, chamfrain: cf. cheveronne in same sense.1598 Barret Theor. Warres Gloss. 250 Chieffront, a French word, is the arming for the forehead of the horse. 1622 F. Markham Bk. War v. ii. 166 The Horses head, necke, brest, and buttocke barbed with Pectron, Tr...
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