Lexicographical Neighbors of Chamfrain
Literary usage of Chamfrain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"THE chamfrain was made of metal or boiled leather, and covered the forepart of
the four ... The chamfrain of the Count de St. Pol at tbt siege of Harfleur ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"Sp. chaflán, Fr. chamfrain, chanfrein, the slope of a bevelled angle, a hollow
groove ; chanfreiner, ..."
3. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment by James Sibbald David Scott, Sibbald David Scott (1868)
"had a chamfrain of steel garnished with gold and precious stones, valued at 15000
gold crowns. (Hist, de Charles VII., sous l'an 1449. ..."
4. Household Words: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1742)
"... en chamfrain, ou ornés d'un quarré & d'un quart de rond. Pour éviter ce double
inconvénient, il a paru plus à- propos d'avoir une ..."
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