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phalera

American

[fal-er-uh] / ˈfæl ər ə /

noun

a metal disk or boss worn on a man's breast as an ornament or as a military decoration or used to adorn the harness of a horse.

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Noun Inflected Forms

phalerae

plural

Etymology

Origin of phalera

1600–10; < Latin, singular use of Greek phálara (plural) cheek-pieces

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phalerae

It seemed as if there had been a rivalry among the masters in adorning their horses with frontlets and phalerae, silver or gilded.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

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