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chamfron

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cham⋅fron

  [cham-fruhn]
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–noun Armor.
chanfron.

chan⋅fron

  [chan-fruhn]
–noun
a piece of plate armor for defending a horse's head.
Also, chamfron.
Also called frontstall.

Origin:
late ME shamfron < AF, OF champfrein, perh. for *chafrein (with -m- perh. from chamfrein chamfer, though the senses are unrelated), n. deriv. of chafre(s)ner lit., to put a bridle on < VL *cap(um) head (for caput; see chief ) + *-frenāre, v. deriv. of L frēnum bridle
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cham·fron   (chām'frən)   
n.  Armor used to protect the front of a war horse's head in medieval times.

[Middle English shamfron, from Old French chanfrein : Latin cāmus, horse-muzzle, heavy necklace (from Greek kēmos) + Latin frēnum, bridle, bit; see frenum.]
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