peytral , auch: peytrel , auch: poitrel

These connected to the peytral and the champron.

The peytral was designed to protect the chest of the horse, while the croupiere protected the rear.

Soon, a peytral and crupper covered the horse's chest and rump, and a steel shaffron guarded his head.

The artist Monique Peytral, the architect Pierre Weber and four sculptors were involved in the effort to re-create this shrine of Paleolithic art in all its vividness.

In association with Édouard Locroy, Ferdinand Sarrien and Paul Peytral he drew up a republican programme which they put forward in the Petite Republique francaise.

Chariot horses were protected by a blanket made of animal skins, with tiger skin being most popular, though sometimes horses wore lamellar peytral made of leather, which protected the horses' chests and necks.