Phil in SF quoted Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (The Farseer Trilogy, #1)
Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow …
I noticed two strange horses in one of the paddocks, and one lady's palfrey had been stabled.
— Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (The Farseer Trilogy, #1) (42%)
new vocabulary: palfrey
a docile horse used for ordinary riding, especially by women.