The seneschal rode in advance with two heralds, followed by the duchess in a riding-habit of green silk, mounted upon a beautiful palfrey.
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Palfrey
Synonyms for "palfrey" (21 found)
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6 entriescourtly palfreyornamental palfreypalfrey geldingpalfrey marepalfrey stallionriding palfrey
Collocations
8 entriescourtly palfreylady's palfreyornamental palfreypalfrey geldingpalfrey horsepalfrey marepalfrey stallionsaddle horse
Inflections
1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Five warriors seiz'd me yestermorn, / Me, even me, a maid forlorn: / They choked my cries with force and fright, / And tied me on a palfrey white. / The palfrey was as fleet as wind, / And they rode furiously behind.
Source: wiktionary
The eye of father and sister alike forgot every other object while watching the evolutions of the young and graceful boy, who realised the descriptions of romance as, his golden curls dancing on the wind, his cheek flushed with exercise, and his large blue eyes dilated and flashing with triumph, he ruled the snow-white palfrey by a wave of the hand and an imperceptible pressure of the knee. It seemed as if the docile creature intuitively divined his will.
Source: wiktionary