Crest. 1. The plume or decoration on the top of a helmet. 2. The device over a coat of arms. 3. The ridge of the neck of a horse or dog.
Dicer. A gamester.
Drawbridge. A bridge at the entrance of a castle, which, when lowered by chains, gave access across the moat or ditch surrounding the structure.
Embossed. (A technical hunting term.) Flecked or spotted with foam.
Favor. Something which was bestowed as a token of good will or of love, as a glove or a knot of ribbon, to be worn habitually by a knight-errant.
Feint. (A technical fencing term.) A seeming aim at one part when it is intended to strike another.
Feudal. Pertaining to that political form in which there was a chain of persons holding land of one another on condition of performing certain services. Every man in the chain was bound to his immediate superior, held land from him, took oath of allegiance to him, and became his man.
Flourish. A trumpet call; a fanfare or prelude by one or more trumpets performed on the approach of any person of distinction.
Frontlet. The front of a stag’s head; the horns.
Guard. In fencing, a position of passive defense.