Chaperon
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A hood or bonnet anciently worn by the Knights of the Garter, as part of the habit of that order. Also a little escutcheon fixed in the forehead of horses drawing a hearse at a funeral.
Wharton.