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ˈdestrer, ˈdestrier arch.|ˈdɛstrə(r), -ɪə(r), dɛˈstrɪə(r)|
Also 4–5 destrere, 5 deistrere, dextrer(e, (9 dexter, 9 dextrier, destrière).
[ME. destrer, a. AF. destrer = OF. destrier = Pr. destrier, It. destriere, -ero:—late L. dextrāri-us, in full equus dextrārius, f. dextra right hand: so called from being led by the squire with his right hand.]
A war-horse, a charger.
(α) in contemporary use.
c1300K. Alis. 801 The Knighttes hunteth after dere, On fote and on destrere. Ibid. 4924 The quene may lede Twenty thousande maidens upon destrers. c1314Guy Warw. (A.) 2356 Sir Gii him smot to Gaier, And feld him doun of his destrer. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 124 To ded þan gon he falle doun of his destrere. c1386Chaucer Sir Thopas 202 By hym baiteth his dextrer [v.r. destrer, dester, deistrere, dextrere]. c1450Lonelich Grail xiii. 87 Faste preking vppon a destrere. c1477Caxton Jason 9 b, Two right fayr and excellent destriers or horses. c1500Melusine xix. 82 Then descended Raymondin fro the destrer.
(β) Hist. or arch. (Chiefly in Fr. spelling.)
1720Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) I. ii. ii. 354/1 So far into the Thames, as a horseman at low water, riding upon his Destrier into the river could dart his lance from him. 1803S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. 287 Dexters seem to have been what we should call Chargers. 1820Scott Ivanhoe xl, Some palfrey whose pace may be softer than that of my destrier. 1845T. B. Shaw in Blackw. Mag. LVIII. 146 The Prince pricks along on his faithful destrere. 1845J. Saunders Pict. Eng. Life, Chaucer 76 The war horses were led by the squires, who always keeping them in their right hand, they were called dextriers. 1858Morris Sir Galahad Poems 51 Needs must roll The proudest destrier sometimes in the dust. 1869Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) III. xii. 175 The knight on his destrier. 1894A. Lang in Longm. Mag. June 214 The Maiden called for her great destrier, But he lashed like a fiend when the Maid drew near. |