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Meanings of headstall in English

Catalan
dogal

The band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head.

dogal
Usage of headstall in English
1
A horse rattled its headstall and pawed the flooring with a restless hoof.
The Parts Men Play
2
Mangas let go the rough hide headstall of the horse.
Blood Meridian
3
He tried to rub the headstall off on the manger.
The red pony
4
Oh, we'll rope them and get a headstall on, anyway.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas; Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plain...
5
At the first order to trot the fishermen hung on desperately to saddle and headstall.
The Making Of A Novelist / An Experiment In Autobiography
6
The vines tightened on the spikes of the headstall.
All souls' rising
7
The whites of his eyes rolled in the headstall.
All souls' rising
8
The bridle consists of a single headstall of cotton-rope, with a small but very severe flexible bit
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume ...
9
She looped the reins around his neck, offering the bit and slipping the headstall over his ears.
Bone fire
10
The bridle on that horse matched the saddle, and the headstall was beautiful with silver kept white and clean.
The Phantom Herd
11
The same headstall with the red tassel, the same grey neck-handkerchief, a sorrel horse....
Six Feet Four
12
He's already wearing a headstall.
All souls' rising
13
And, impressed now with the size of Jake, she stood on a box and let out the headstall two holes.
Skyrider
14
G. (To himself, fingering a headstall.)
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
15
Now the headstall, Bud.
Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home
16
Using its rope headstall for a bridle, Clarence vaulted on its bare back, and paced cautiously out into the road.
Susy, a Story of the Plains
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Catalan
dogal
Headstall through the time