poitrinal
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French poitrinal.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpoitrinal (plural poitrinals)
- Synonym of poitrel (“chest-armor for a horse”)
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 30:
- The Poitrinal, Pectoral, or Breast Plate was formed of plates of metal rivetted together, which covered the breast and shoulders of the horse, it was commonly adorned with foliage, or other ornaments engraved or embossed.
- Obsolete spelling of petronel (“firearm”).
Related terms
editReferences
editOld French
editEtymology
editAdjective
editpoitrinal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular poitrinal or pointrinale)
- chest (relating to the chest, the area between the neck and the belly)
Noun
editpoitrinal oblique singular, m (oblique plural poitrinaus or poitrinax or poitrinals, nominative singular poitrinaus or poitrinax or poitrinals, nominative plural poitrinal)
- chest (the area between the neck and the belly)
References
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (poitrinal)
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