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 […]
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Headstall
//ˈhɛdstɔːl//
Synonyms for "headstall" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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Translations
59 translations across 45 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φορβειά noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Arabic
1 entries- عِذَار noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Avar
1 entries- чангит noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- noxta noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
- ovsar noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Bashkir
1 entries- нуҡта noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Bulgarian
1 entries- оглавник noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Buryat
1 entries- ногто noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Chechen
1 entries- жулар noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Chuvash
1 entries- нӑхта noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Czech
1 entries- ohlávka noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Finnish
1 entries- päitset noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
French
1 entries- têtière noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Galician
4 entries- cabresto noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
- ramal noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
- ronzal noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
- trenla noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
German
2 entries- Halfter noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
- Stallhalfter noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Greek
1 entries- καπίστρι noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Hungarian
1 entries- tarkószíj noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Ingush
1 entries- журал noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Irish
1 entries- éadanán noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Kalmyk
1 entries- ногт noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Karakalpak
1 entries- noqta noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Kazakh
1 entries- ноқта noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Khakas
2 entries- нотха noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
- нохта noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Kumyk
1 entries- нокъта noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- нокто noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Latin
1 entries- capistrum noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Macedonian
2 entries- оглав noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
- огламник noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Moksha
1 entries- нокта noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Mongolian
1 entries- ногт noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Nogai
1 entries- нокта noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- افسار noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Polish
1 entries- kantar noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Shor
1 entries- нотқа noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Southern Altai
2 entries- нокто noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
- ноқто noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Spanish
1 entries- cabestro noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Tajik
2 entries- афсор noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
- нухта noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Tatar
1 entries- нукта noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Tofa
1 entries- ноқта noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Turkish
2 entries- dizgin noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
- yular noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Turkmen
2 entries- nogta noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
- owsar noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Tuvan
2 entries- нокта noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
- чулар noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Udmurt
1 entries- нюкто noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Uyghur
1 entries- نوختا noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Uzbek
1 entries- noʻxta noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Welsh
2 entries- penffrwyn noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
- penwar noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Yakut
1 entries- сулар noun (part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Another, that would seeme to have more wit, / Him by the bright embrodered hed-stall tooke […].
Source: wiktionary
He turned back, slipped the bit in Dox’s mouth, and laced the big flop ears into the headstall.
Source: wiktionary
Then the smith Ilmarinen / the everlasting craftsman / out of steel formed a bridle / forged a headstall [translating päitset] of iron […].
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