Destrier

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdÉ›stɹɪə/, /ˈdÉ›stɹiːeɪ/

Origin

From Anglo-Norman destrer, Old French destrier, from a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin dextera, literally “(animal) led by the right hand”, from dexter ("right").

Full definition of destrier

Noun

1. A large warhorse, especially of a medieval knight.
• 1819, I am resolved to share or avert the danger; which, that I may the better do, I would crave of thee the use of some palfrey whose pace may be softer than that of my destrier.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
• 1855, Dark and the Desert and Destriers me ken, And the Glaive and the Joust, and Paper and Pen. - Al-Mutanabbi tr. by Richard Burton