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headstall
▪ I. head-stall, headstall, n.1 (ˈhɛdstɔːl) [f. head n.1 + stall, OE. steall position, standing position, standing place, place, stall for horses, etc. Possibly applied first, as in finger-stall, to a closed place or case made to contain a part, and thence extended to the open casing of a head-stall...
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nose-band
ˈnose-band [f. nose n.] The lower band of a bridle, passing over the nose, and attached to the cheek-straps; a musrole. = nose-piece n. 1 b.1611 Cotgr., Museliere,..the nose-band of a bridle. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., Nose-band..is that part of the head-stall of a bridle that comes over a hors...
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head-gear
head-gear (ˈhɛdgɪə(r)) 1. That which is worn on the head; a hat, cap, bonnet, or head-dress of any kind.1539 Inv. R. Wardrobe (1815) 53 (Jam.) Item, ten heid geiris of fedderis for hors. 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. iii. iii, Glittering attires, counterfeit colours, headgears, curled hairs. 1729 ...
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mullen
ˈmullen Obs. exc. dial. Also 9 mullin. See also molan. [App. the same word as molan.] A head-stall for a horse. See also E.D.D.1620 Markham Farew. Husb. (1625) 147 He shal make readie his collars, hames, treates, halters, mullens [etc.]. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Suppl., Mullin bridle, a...
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halter
▪ I. halter, n.1 (ˈhɔːltə(r)) Forms: 1 hælfter, 3–5 haltre, (4 haltyr, 6 aulter), 6–7 haulter, 3– halter. β. 2 helfter. 5 north. heltir, -yr(e, 5–6 helter(e. [OE. hælftre = OHG. halftra (Ger. halfter), MDu. halfter, halter, OLG. heliftra, MLG. helchter, halter:—WGer. *halftra-, *haliftra-, f. root *...
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tester
▪ I. tester1 (ˈtɛstə(r)) Forms: α. 4– tester; 5 -ere, -our, -ir, -ur(e, testre, Sc. tyster, -yr, 5–6 teester, 6 (9) testor, 6–7 -ar, teaster (9 dial.), 7 taister. β. 6 test-, teasterne, testorne, 7 -arn, -ern. [prob. from OF.: cf. testre fem. (15th c., one example in Godef.) the vertical part of a b...
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bridle
▪ I. bridle, n. (ˈbraɪd(ə)l) Forms: 1 br{iacu}del, 3–4 bridel, -il, 3–6 brydel, 4 briddle, brydille, 4–5 bridell, 4–6 brydell, -il, -ill, 5 bridelle, -ill, -ulle, -yl(le, brydylle, 6 brydle, 4– bridle. [OE. br{iacu}del for earlier *briᵹdel (cf. brigdils Erf. Gl. 127, O.E. Texts 44) has various corre...
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cheek
▪ I. cheek, n. (tʃiːk) Forms: 1 céce, céace, (ceike, ceke, ceoce), 3 cheoke, 3–7 chek(e, 4 chooke, choke, cheake, (chyke, cheche), 4–7 cheeke, 5 chik(e, (6 Sc. cheik), 6– cheek. [OE. (Anglian) céce, (WS.) céace (from c⊇ǽce, cǽce) fem.:—WGer. type *kâkâ; whence also MDu. câke, Du. kaak, MLG. and mod....
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head
▪ I. head, n.1 (hɛd) Forms: 1 héafod, -ud, -ut, 1–2 heofod, 2 hefed, -et, heavet, 2–3 heafd, hæfed, 2–4 hefd, heaved, 2–5 heved, 3 hæfd, heifd, hafed, hafd, hafved, hæfved, hefved, hæved, (hæhved), hevod, hevd, 3–5 hevid, -yde, 3–6 heed, 3–8 hed, 4 hewid(e, -yd(e, 4–7 hede, 6– head; (5–6 heede, hedd...
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