Etymology

poitrel

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Today it means: A piece of armor for a horse's chest; the breastplate of a horse's armour or harness. Full definition →

French poitrel ← Anglo-Norman peitral ← Old French poitral
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  1. Old French · derived frompoitral
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived frompeitral
  3. French · derived frompoitrel
  4. English todaypoitrel

From Middle English: the form poitral is from central/Parisian French poitrel, "introduced into English apparently by Caxton"; the older form peitral (Middle English peitrel, paytrel, etc) was borrowed from Anglo-Norman peitral; both are from Old French poitral (modern French poitrail).

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