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Grammar : Noun
Spell : hed-stawl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛdˌstɔl



Definition of headstall

  • As in bridle : noun restraining device
Example sentences :
  • A lump came into it, and he swallowed with a shrug, and flicked at a fly on the headstall.
  • Extract from : « Lorraine » by Robert W. Chambers
  • Young McCrae wheeled his horse on the off side and gripped the headstall by the bit.
  • Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
  • To bridle a horse, go quietly up to him, holding the headstall in your hand.
  • Extract from : « Riding for Ladies » by Mrs. Power O'Donoghue
  • Take the girl on the horse with you, and let Chris lead by the headstall.
  • Extract from : « King Spruce, A Novel » by Holman Day
  • Cuculain mightily thust the bit into his mouth and made fast the headstall.
  • Extract from : « The Coming of Cuculain » by Standish O'Grady
  • It must have been the headstall which, dragging along the bottom, had so opportunely anchored him.
  • Extract from : « The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley » by Bertram Mitford
  • The horse was decked with a harness all of gold, with jewels studding the bridle and headstall.
  • Extract from : « In The Days of Giants » by Abbie Farwell Brown
  • In the centre of that yard stood a red Texan steer with a headstall on his wicked head.
  • Extract from : « From Sea to Sea » by Rudyard Kipling
  • They consist principally of a headstall, a collar, a breast-ornament, and a sort of huge tassel pendent at the horse's side.
  • Extract from : « The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria » by George Rawlinson
  • The horse was very richly caparisoned, and wore in his headstall a plume of varied feathers.
  • Extract from : « Coronation Anecdotes » by Giles Gossip

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