different between crined vs crinet

English

From Old French crine (“hair of the head”) (French crin) +? -ed.

crined (not comparable)

(heraldry) Having hair or a mane of a specified tincture, different from that of the body.

Probably from Middle French crin (“hair”) +? -et.

crinet (plural crinets)

(obsolete, falconry) Each of the small hairs growing around a hawk's cere.
(historical) A set of metal armour plating worn around a horse's neck.
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 555:
  His charger wore a blanket of enameled crimson scales and gilded crinet and chamfron, while Lord Tywin himself sported a thick ermine cloak.

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