palfrey
n.
riding horse, saddle horse
Palfrey
A Palfrey is a type of
horse, not a breed of horse, and was highly valued as a
riding horse in the
Middle Ages.The word "palfrey" is cognate with the German word for horse (of any type), "Pferd". Both descend from Latin "paraveredus", meaning a post horse or courier horse.
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palfrey
Noun
1. especially a light saddle horse for a woman
(hypernym) saddle horse, riding horse, mount
(classification) archaism, archaicism
Palfrey
(n.)
A small saddle horse for ladies.
(n.)
A saddle horse for the road, or for state occasions, as distinguished from a war horse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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