des·tri·er (d s tr - r, d -strîr)n. Archaic A war horse. [Middle English destrer, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *dextr  rius, right-hand, from Latin dexter, right; see deks- in Indo-European roots.] |
destrier [ˈdɛstrɪə]
n
(Military) an archaic word for warhorse [1]
[from Old French, from destre right hand, from Latin dextra; from the fact that a squire led a knight's horse with his right hand]
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