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Headstall

//ˈhɛdstɔːl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements.

    "Why, Petruchio is coming […] his horse hipp’d […] with a half-cheek’d bit, and a head-stall of sheep’s leather which, being restrained to keep him from stumbling, hath been often burst, and now repaired with knots […]"

  2. 2
    the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head wordnet
  3. 3
    A phorbeia. obsolete

Etymology

From head + stall.

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