† mastigadour Obs.
Also 8 masticadour, 9 (in Dicts.) masticador.
[a. F. mastigadour (Solleysel 1682), ad. Pg. mastigadouro = mod.L. masticātōrium masticatory n.]
(See quots.)
| 1720 Gibson Diet. Horses vii. (1731) 103 He [Solleysell] orders the Horse to have a small Watering-bit, or Masticadour put upon him. 1727 Bailey vol. II, Mastigadour, a Slabbering Bit, a Snaffle of Iron. |