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poitrel Now Hist. and arch.|ˈpɔɪtrəl|
Forms: 5–6 poytrell, 6 poiterell, 6–8 poitrell, 7 -il, poictrel(l, poytrel, 6–9 poitrel, 7–9 -al, 9 -ail.
[a. OF. poitral, orig. peitral, now with change of suffix poitrail:—L. pectorāle breast-plate, pectoral. Poitral is the Central or Parisian Fr. form, introduced into Eng. app. by Caxton, the earlier form from Norman Fr. being peitrel, q.v.]
a. A piece of armour to protect the breast of a horse: often richly gilt and ornamented, and retained for ornament after its defensive use had ceased.
c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon viii. 197 The horses gyrthe nor the poytrell myghte not helpe. 1552Elyot, Cucumis,..a bullion of copper, set on bridels or poitrels of horses, for an ornament. 1592R. D. Hypnerotomachia 14 b, To the fore gyrth on eyther side was buckled a riche and gorgeous poiterell. c1611Chapman Iliad xix. 370 Alcymus put poitrils on, and cast upon their jaws their bridles. 1678Wanley Wond. Lit. World iv. xxvi. §6. 408/1 The horse had..a pendant Jewel of Precious Stones at his Poictrel. 1714Steele Poet. Misc., Ninth Thebais 270 Below his Breast..a bending Poitral hung. 1745S. Madden Boulter's Mon. 67 Her beauteous Breast a golden Poitrell grac'd. 1805C. James Milit. Dict. (ed. 2) Poitrel, armour for the breast of a horse. It is generally written poitrail. 1817Moore Lalla R. (1824) 86 Steeds..Their chains and poitrels glittering in the sun. 1824S. R. Meyrick Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour III. Gloss. s.v. Pectorale, The poitrail, a steel plate for the protection of a horse's chest. 1830J. Skelton Engraved Illustrations Antient Arms & Armour Pl. LIV (fig. 2), The fleur-de-lis is seen on the horse furniture, twice on the croupière-base, and as an armorial bearing on that of the poitral. 1866Conington æneid vii. 228 Golden poitrels grace their necks. 1918E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 459 Poitrail, that portion of the horse armor which covers the breast, fitted either with hinges or like a flounce. 1920G. F. Laking Rec. European Armour & Arms III. xxii. 178 For the head there was..the chanfron, for the neck the crinet, for the chest the poitrel.
b. transf. A breast-plate; a stiff stomacher.
1607R. C[arew] tr. Estienne's World of Wonders 156, I haue..heard of certaine gentlewomen..who made no bones to weare poytrels or stiffe stomachers, endangering thereby the life of their child. 1717Bullock Wom. a Riddle ii. 24 Your own puissant eyes against which no Poitrel is able to defend the heart of man. |