headstall
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈhɛdstɔːl/
Noun
headstall (plural headstalls)
- The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1593 William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act III, Scene 2,[1]
- 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 […]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.3:
- Another, that would seeme to have more wit, / Him by the bright embrodered hed-stall tooke […].
- 1952, John Steinbeck, East of Eden, Penguin, 2003, Chapter 15, Part 4, p. 172,[2]
- He turned back, slipped the bit in Dox’s mouth, and laced the big flop ears into the headstall.
- 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, XIX:
- Then the smith Ilmarinen / the everlasting craftsman / out of steel formed a bridle / forged a headstall [translating Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "päitset" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.] of iron […].
- c. 1593 William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act III, Scene 2,[1]
- (obsolete) A phorbeia. [18th-19th c.]
Synonyms
Translations
part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
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References
Baranowski, Zdzislaw, "The International Horseman's Dictionary", Pitman Publishing, New York, 1955
Stratton, Charles, "The International Horseman's Dictionary", Hamlyn Publishing, Melbourne, 1975
Summerhayes, R.S., "Encyclopedia for Horsemen", Frederick Warne & Co., London and New York, 1966