Obs. App. a corruption of CHAUFRON, CHAMFRAIN: cf. CHEVERONNE in same sense.
1598. Barret, Theor. Warres, Gloss. 250. Chieffront, a French word, is the arming for the forehead of the horse.
1622. F. Markham, Bk. War, V. ii. 166. The Horses head, necke, brest, and buttocke barbed with Pectron, Trappings, Crinier and Chieffront.
