noun
- armor or protective covering for the chest and front of a horse
Usage: historical; also spelled peitral or poitrel
Examples
- The knight's horse wore a gleaming peytral as it entered the tournament grounds.
- Medieval armor makers crafted elaborate peytrals to protect warhorses in battle.
- The peytral was an essential piece of a fully armored destrier's equipment.
- Historians studied the ornate peytral displayed in the museum's armor collection.