Also 6–7 shaffron, 7 shafron(e, shaferne, 9 chafron. Another form of CHAMFRON.

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1547–8.  Order Hen. VIII.’s Funeral, in Strype, Eccl. Mem., II. II. (1822), 201. Seven great horses … on their fronts shaffrons of armes.

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1610.  Guillim, Heraldry, IV. (1660), Table 266. Ordained for Defence and Ornament; as the Shafrone, Cranet, Barde.

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1617.  Markham, Caval., II. 119. Then putting a Shaferne vppon the horses head, you shall softly … rappe him with the sworde vppon the Shaferne.

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1811.  Mrs. Grant, Highl. Superst., II. 260. With a chafron of steel on each horse’s head.

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1835.  Swainson, Quadrupeds, 297. A coarse dark patch of hair, like a mask or chaffron, which covers the forehead.

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