crinet

English

Etymology

Probably from Middle French crin (“hair”) +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪn.ɪt/, /ˈkɹɪn.ət/, /kɹɪˈnɛt/, /kɹi.nɛt/

Noun

crinet (plural crinets)

1. (obsolete, falconry) Each of the small hair-like feathers growing around a hawk's cere.
   • 1792, William Augustus Osbaldiston, The British Sportsman, page 379:

     She has a blue beak, but the seer thereof, and legs, are yellow; the crinets or little feathers under the eye are very black; […]

2. (historical) A set of metal armour plating worn around a horse's neck.

   Synonym: criniere

   • 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 555:

     His charger wore a blanket of enameled crimson scales and gilded crinet and chamfron, while Lord Tywin himself sported a thick ermine cloak.

Anagrams

• centri-, cinter, citren, cretin