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Crinet vs Crinel - What's the difference?

crinet | crinel |

In obsolete falconry terms the difference between crinet and crinel

is that crinet is each of the small hairs growing around a hawk's cere while crinel is alternative form of crinet.

crinet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete, falconry) Each of the small hairs growing around a hawk's cere.
  • A set of metal armour plating worn around a horse's neck.
  • *1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 555:
  • *:His charger wore a blanket of enameled crimson scales and gilded crinet and chamfron, while Lord Tywin himself sported a thick ermine cloak.

    • crinel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, falconry)