poitrel

名词 n.

英文释义

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

词形变化

poitrels plural peitrel alternative peytrel alternative peytral alternative

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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