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Definition of Chanfrons
1. chanfron [n] - See also: chanfron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chanfrons
Literary usage of Chanfrons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"Sonic of these chanfrons seem to have been so contrived as to hinder a horse from
... In several of the I rench historians we read of chanfrons n by their ..."
2. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1904)
"Below each suit we find chanfrons {Ross-stirne) for the heads of horses. ...
A great variety of chanfrons exists in different collections ; some are very ..."
3. Paris and Environs, with Routes from London to Paris: With Routes from by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1896)
"chanfrons, the latter formerly in the possession of Philip II. of Spain. — CASK
VII. Fine French, Italian, and Spanish swords (16-ПШ cent.). — CASE VIII. ..."
4. Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"chanfrons, the latter formerly in the possession of Philip II. of Spain. — CASE
VII. Fine French, Italian, and Spanish swords (16-17th cent.). — CASK Vili. ..."
5. Handbook of Painting: German, Fleming, and Dutch Schools by Sir Joseph Archer Crowe, Gustav Friedrich Waagen, Franz Kugler (1898)
"... with surcoats of gold or embroidery ; the chanfrons upon the heads of the
horses, the glittering lances and stirrups, and the variety of the weapons, ..."
6. Spanish Arms and Armour: Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the by Albert Frederick Calvert (1907)
"... and the other, ' with the same pieces as the one above, lacking nothing, and
this is of gilded iron in relief.' " Saddles, chanfrons, and ..."
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