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Definition of Destriers
1. destrier [n] - See also: destrier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Destriers
Literary usage of Destriers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Essays of Michael de Montaigne by Michel de Montaigne (1811)
"Of the War Horses called destriers. ... and thence it is, that we call our horses
of service, destriers: and our romances commonly use the phrase of a Roman ..."
2. Harvard Studies and Notes in Philology and Literature by Dept. of Modern Languages, Harvard University (1895)
"Devant le roi fait son servise. (62.) Moult les savaient bel servir. (933; cf.
67931,1802.) Es-vos venant les chevaliers Tos trois arm^s sor lor destriers. ..."
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