crinet
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
/ˈkɹɪn.ɪt/
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/ˈkɹɪn.ɪt/ · /ˈkɹɪn.ət/ · /kɹɪˈnɛt/
Definition of crinet
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(obsolete)Each of the small hair-like feathers growing around a hawk's cere.
“She has a blue beak, but the seer thereof, and legs, are yellow; the crinets or little feathers under the eye are very black; […]”
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noun
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(obsolete)Each of the small hair-like feathers growing around a hawk's cere.
“She has a blue beak, but the seer thereof, and legs, are yellow; the crinets or little feathers under the eye are very black; […]”
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(historical)A set of metal armour plating worn around a horse's neck.
“His charger wore a blanket of enameled crimson scales and gilded crinet and chamfron, while Lord Tywin himself sported a thick ermine cloak.”
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Etymology
Probably from Middle French crin (“hair”) + -et.
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