palfrey

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see also: Palfrey

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈpɔːl.fɹi/

Noun

palfrey (plural palfreys)

1. (historical) A small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women.
   • 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel, lines 84-85 (for syntax)

     They choked my cries with force and fright,

     And tied me on a palfrey white.

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Palfrey

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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