Definition of "crinet"

crinet

/ˈkɹɪn.ɪt/

noun
plural crinets
1. (obsolete, falconry) Each of the small hair-like feathers growing around a hawk's cere.
  Quotations
  She has a blue beak, but the seer thereof, and legs, are yellow; the crinets or little feathers under the eye are very black; […]
  1792, William Augustus Osbaldiston, The British Sportsman, page 379
2. (historical) A set of metal armour plating worn around a horse's neck.
  Quotations
  His charger wore a blanket of enameled crimson scales and gilded crinet and chamfron, while Lord Tywin himself sported a thick ermine cloak.
  1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 555