crinet
Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈkɹɪn.ɪt/
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/ˈkɹɪn.ət/
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/kɹɪˈnɛt/
Noun
Each of the small hair-like feathers growing around a hawk's cere.
Usage- Obsolete
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She has a blue beak, but the seer thereof, and legs, are yellow; the crinets or little feathers under the eye are very black; […]
A set of metal armour plating worn around a horse's neck.
Usage- Historical
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His charger wore a blanket of enameled crimson scales and gilded crinet and chamfron, while Lord Tywin himself sported a thick ermine cloak.
Word forms
crinets