head-stall

We chose a headstall of such splendor that no heart could have resisted it, and while he sewed to it the twine muzzle which Spanish donkeys wear on their noses for the protection of the public, our guide expatiated upon us, and said, among other things to our credit, that we were from America and were going to take the head-stall back with us.

Familiar Spanish Travels 2004

However, I managed, with the still-held head-stall, to persuade her a little nearer.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

Their chief pride consists in having everything made of silver; I have seen a cacique with his spurs, stirrups, handle of his knife, and bridle made of this metal: the head-stall and reins being of wire, were not thicker than whipcord; and to see a fiery steed wheeling about under the command of so light a chain, gave to the horsemanship a remarkable character of elegance.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

Their chief pride consists in having everything made of silver; I have seen a cacique with his spurs, stirrups, handle of his knife, and bridle made of this metal: the head-stall and reins being of wire, were not thicker than whipcord; and to see a fiery steed wheeling about under the command of so light a chain, gave to the horsemanship a remarkable character of elegance.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

A more alarming symptom still is when the animal, instead of resting in the slings by his buttocks, casts his weight bodily into the belly-rest and hangs with a heavy head into the head-stall.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

Both robes and bells were mounted in scarlet and white; and the masks of two owls occupied the place of rosettes on "Wings '" head-stall.

Bluebell A Novel Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

Bright, warm, open winter days, so soon as the spin he loved was finished, I slid off him, slipped the bit from his mouth (leaving head-stall hanging about his neck), and left him free to nibble the juicy green grasses of some woodland glade and, between nibble times, to spin me yarns of his experiences.

The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson

If he were and could provide his own nosebag, head-stall and Army Form 1640, testifying that he was guiltless of mange, ophthalmia or epizootic lymphangitis, I would do what I could for him.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 Various

This you should attach to the head-stall of your bridle and put it on your colt without any reins to it, and let him run loose in a large stable or shed, some time, until he becomes a little used to the bit, and will bear it without trying to get it out of his mouth.

The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses P. R. Kincaid

Ishmael, who had been silently buckling on his belt, took hold of the rope head-stall and led the horse towards the pasture.

Secret Bread F. Tennyson Jesse