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n. - Medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head.

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  • A huge black chaliko all armored in gold looked down at him, its benign eyes peering from the openings of a gilded chamfron.
  • So silent and still were they, that they might have been metal-sheathed statues, were it not for the occasional quick, impatient stamp of their chargers, or the rattle of...
  • So silent and still were they, that they might have been metal - sheathed statues, were it not for the occasional quick, impatient stamp of their chargers, or the rattle of...
  • He rode, not a mule, like his companion, but a strong hackney for the road, to save his gallant war-horse, which a squire led behind, fully accoutred for battle, with a...
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