Lip-strap
//lɪpstɹæp// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small strap with a buckle running between the cheeks of a bit, to prevent the horse from biting on the cheek of the bit in its mouth.
"He was not a horsey man, but he liked people to believe he had been one once; and he wove fantastic stories of the hunting-bridle to which this particular lip-strap had belonged."
Example
More examples"He was not a horsey man, but he liked people to believe he had been one once; and he wove fantastic stories of the hunting-bridle to which this particular lip-strap had belonged."
Etymology
From lip + strap.
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