destrier
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈdɛstɹɪə/, /ˈdɛstɹiːeɪ/
Noun

destrier (plural destriers)

  1. A large warhorse, especially of a medieval knight.
    • 1819, I am resolved to share or avert the danger; which, that I may the better do, I would crave of thee the use of some palfrey whose pace may be softer than that of my destrier.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
    • 1855, Dark and the Desert and Destriers me ken, And the Glaive and the Joust, and Paper and Pen. - Al-Mutanabbi tr. by Richard Burton
  2. A steed.



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