A piece of armor that covers only part of a horse's face, protecting the forehead and between the eyes but not the entire face.
From 'demi-' plus 'chamfron' (also 'chanfron'), from Old French 'chamfrein.' Medieval armorers created partial face protection for war horses because full face armor could impair vision.
War horse armor was incredibly specialized—the demichamfron protected a horse's most vulnerable facial area while leaving space for it to see and breathe, showing medieval metallurgists were practical engineers!
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