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单词 chaffron
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chaffronn.

Forms: Also 1500s scafferon, 1500s–1600s shaffron, 1600s shafron(e, shaferne, 1800s chafron.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: chamfron , chamfrain n.
Etymology: Variant of chamfron, chamfrain n. Compare French chaufrain (1611 in Cotgrave).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchaffron.
Another form of chamfron (chamfrain n.)
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for horse > [noun] > for head
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1547–8 Order Hen. VIII's Funeral in J. Strype Eccl. Mem. II. ii. App. A. 11 Seven great horses..on their fronts shaffrons of armes.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xij One band had the scafferon the cranet, the bard of the horse all white.
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie ii. 67 The Bridle, Saddle, Scafferon, [etc.].
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 119 Then putting a Shaferne vppon the horses heade, you shall softly..rappe him with the sworde vppon the Shaferne.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iv. 188 (table) Ordained for Defense and Ornament, as the Shafrone, Cranet, Barde.
1811 A. Grant Ess. Superstit. Highlanders II. 260 With a chafron of steel on each horse's head.
1835 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. Quadrupeds 297 A coarse dark patch of hair, like a mask or chaffron, which covers the forehead.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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