palfrey
a riding horse, as distinguished from a war horse.
a saddle horse particularly suitable for a woman.
Origin of palfrey
1Other words from palfrey
- palfreyed, adjective
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How to use palfrey in a sentence
Twelve ladies in white satin attended her on their ambling palfreys, and twenty yeomen clad in green.
Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present | John TimbsImpatient as they were to reach Rouen, the gentle pace at which the palfreys ambled along fretted them very much.
Wulf the Saxon | G. A. HentyAfter them rode the Courtiers on gaily caparisoned steeds, followed by a bevy of Maids of Honour on cream-coloured palfreys.
In Brief Authority | F. AnsteyThey acceded at once to his desire, bringing the palfreys forth, so that it remained only to mount.
Four Arthurian Romances | Chretien DeTroyesThere were sixty ladies mounted on beautiful palfreys, accoutred with the new-fashioned side-saddles.
Richard II | Jacob Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for palfrey
/ (ˈpɔːlfrɪ) /
archaic a light saddle horse, esp ridden by women
Origin of palfrey
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