Destrier (from which the Modern English spelling derives). The word is also found in medieval Provençal (as "destrier") and Italian (as "destriere", "destriero"). These forms themselves derived from the Vulgar Latin "equus dextarius", meaning "right-sided horse" (from "dextra", "right hand", the same root as "dexterous" and "dexterity"). This may refer to it being led by the squire at the knight's right side (or led by the right hand) or to the horse's gait, (possibly leading with the right). The word "destrier" does not refer to a breed, but to a "type" of horse: the finest and strongest warhorse. These horses were
A Knight in Camelot a solar eclipse in short time. With her "magical powers" she makes the sun re-appear and is being knighted by King Arthur as "Sir Boss" and becomes a member of the Knights of the Round Table. She soon begins constructing devices that will not be present for many centuries, she saves the king, defeats Sir Sagramore and saves the day countless times before being zapped back to the present. A Knight in Camelot A Knight in Camelot is a 1998 television film starring Whoopi Goldberg and Michael York. It was directed by Roger Young, distributed by Disney and is loosely