[F., f. crin (horse) hair; corresp. to a L. type *crināria. In 16th and 17th c. anglicized as crinier.] The part of the ‘bards’ or protective covering of a war-horse which covered the ridge or back of the neck and the mane.
1598. Barret, Theor. Warres, V. ii. 141. His horse barded with a sufficient Pectron, crinier.
1622. F. Markham, Bk. War, V. ii. § 4. The Horses head, necke, breast and buttocke barbed with Pectron, Trappings, Crinier, and Chieffront.
1847–78. Halliwell, Cranet, small crinière.
