destrier

Etymology

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

noun

  1. (historical) A large warhorse, especially of a medieval knight.
    Dark and the Desert and Destriers me ken, And the Glaive and the Joust, and Paper and Pen. 1855, Al-Mutanabbi, translated by Richard Francis Burton, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
  2. A steed.

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