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headstall
/ˈhɛdstɔːl/
noun 2
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Definitions
noun
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 […]
Another, that would seeme to have more wit, / Him by the bright embrodered hed-stall tooke […].
2
A phorbeia.
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noun — the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a hor
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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 repair
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Another, that would seeme to have more wit, / Him by the bright embrodered hed-stall tooke […].
Wiktionary03
He turned back, slipped the bit in Dox’s mouth, and laced the big flop ears into the headstall.
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