PALFREY

palfrey

(noun) especially a light saddle horse for a woman

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

palfrey (plural palfreys)

(historical) A small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women.

Anagrams

• pelfray

Proper noun

Palfrey

A surname.

Anagrams

• pelfray

Source: Wiktionary


Pal"frey, n. Etym: [OE. palefrai, OF. palefrei, F. palefroi, LL. palafredus, parafredus, from L. paraveredus a horse for extraordinary occasions, an extra post horse; Gr. veredus a post horse.]

1. A saddle horse for the road, or for state occasions, as distinguished from a war horse. Chaucer.

2. A small saddle horse for ladies. Spenser. Call the host and bid him bring Charger and palfrey. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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