bridoon, bradoon
(brɪˈduːn, brəˈduːn)
[a. F. bridon in same sense, deriv. of bride a bridle.]
1. ‘The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider’. Stocqueler.
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., A horse never goes so well nor sure with a bridoon, unless he have been first broke to the bit. 1801 W. Felton Carriages II. 156 Harness is frequently made without breeching or bridoon. 1803 Sporting Mag. XXI. 220/2 A Weymouth bridle, with bit, and bradoon, is in my opinion, preferable to any other sort for the road. 1833 Regul. Instr. Cavalry i. 41 The use of the Bridoon, or Snaffle-Bridle. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib. II. No. 4693 Safety Springs, for riding and driving reins, to both bits, and one rein in hand, to act on the bradoon. 1968 Encycl. Brit. XI. 708/2 The snaffle (also bridoon or bradoon)..may be jointed, twisted or straight. |
2. Comb., as
bridoon-bit,
bridoon-bridle,
bridoon-chain, etc.
| 1801 W. Felton Carriages II. 146 The *Bridoon Bit, an additional bit..with a ring at each end for the reins to be fastened to. |
| Ibid. Gloss., *Bridoon Chain, or Links, small ornaments, through which the bridoon reins run. |
| Ibid. II. 141 The *Bridoon-Head, or Rein, is an additional bridle with a bearing-rein. |
| 1856 J. Grant Black Drag. xxxv, Every man..grasped the *bridoon rein near the ring. |