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Definition of Peytrel
1. n. The breastplate of a horse's armor or harness. [Spelt also peitrel.] See Poitrel.
Definition of Peytrel
1. peytral [n -S] - See also: peytral
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peytrel
Literary usage of Peytrel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Guide to the Antiquities of the Bronze Age: In the Department of British by Charles Hercules Read (1904)
"Gold Ornament Boom, Case K. At the back of the Case is a piece of gold armour (plate
x) formerly known as the Mold corslet, but now seen to be a peytrel ..."
2. Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets by George Gilfillan (1860)
"... and man to tho grounde' yode, Twenty foot on either side. , ^ 1 ' The book:'
the French romance.—*' peytrel:' the breast-plate or breast.band of ahorse. ..."
3. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1858)
"1475, we have a provision for the tilt, much resembling the defence here shown;
but in this case the saddle-shield and the peytrel are in one piece. ..."
4. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"The peytrel or breastplate was sometimes of plain fashion, ... The horse has no
furniture beyond the ordinary war-saddle, peytrel and bridle. ..."
5. Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets by George Gilfillan (1860)
"... man to the grounde ' yode, Twenty foot on either side. „ % 1 'The book:' the
French romance.—" ' peytrel:' the breast-plate or breast-band of ahorse. ..."
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