chanfrin

English

Etymology

From French chanfrein. Compare chamfron.

Noun

chanfrin (plural chanfrins)

1. The forepart of a horse's head.

   The Dukes of Burgundy and other wealthy noblemen […] had the housings and chanfrins of their horses set with gems.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “chanfrin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)