headstall
noun
- kind of equestrian equipment
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdstɔːl/
noun
Etymology: From head + stall.
- The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements.
“Why, Petruchio is coming […] his horse hipp’d […] with a half-cheek’d bit, and a head-stall of sheep’s leather which, being restrained to keep him from stumbling, hath been often burst, and now repaired with knots […]”
“Another, that would seeme to have more wit, / Him by the bright embrodered hed-stall tooke […].”
- A phorbeia.