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Definition of Palfreys
1. palfrey [n] - See also: palfrey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palfreys
Literary usage of Palfreys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"No more he said, — for now with speed Each trooper had regained his steed; The
ready palfreys stood arrayed 97« For Redmond and for ..."
2. The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Prose and Verse by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1853)
"... thy lovely daughter home : And he will meet thee on the way With all his
numerous array, White with their panting palfreys' foam; And by mine honor ! ..."
3. The Army and Navy Magazine (1883)
"FAIR is the Park when Spring's light veil is drawn Over green thickets set in
velvet lawn, Where on their shining palfreys galloping go The tight-braced ..."
4. The Horse: With a Treatise on Draught by William Youatt (1843)
"palfreys of my lady's, to wit, one for my lady, and two for her ... The chariot
or ear was the vehicle in •f palfreys were smaller horses of an inferior ..."
5. The Lancashire Pipe Rolls of 31 Henry I., A. D. 1130, and of the Reigns of by Great Britain Exchequer, William Farrer (1902)
"William de Winwick 10 marks and two palfreys for restitution of 30 acres of land in
... The palfreys were commuted for a payment of 10 marks; the relief was ..."
6. A History of Northumberland, in Three Parts by John Hodgson, John Hodgson-Hinde, James Raine, John Collingwood Bruce (1835)
"Stephen de St. Albino owes two palfreys for having a pone as is contained in roll
four- . Sampson of Cornwal owes four marks and a half for justice to Roger ..."
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