headstall

English

Etymology

From head +‎ stall.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdstɔːl/

Noun

headstall (plural headstalls)

The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act III, Scene 2,
  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 […]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.3:
  Another, that would seeme to have more wit, / Him by the bright embrodered hed-stall tooke […].
- 1952, John Steinbeck, East of Eden, Penguin, 2003, Chapter 15, Part 4, p. 172,
  He turned back, slipped the bit in Dox’s mouth, and laced the big flop ears into the headstall.
- 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, XIX:
  Then the smith Ilmarinen / the everlasting craftsman / out of steel formed a bridle / forged a headstall [transl. päitset] of iron […].
(obsolete) A phorbeia. [18th-19th c.]

Synonyms

Translations

part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head

Bulgarian: оглавник m (oglavnik)
Finnish: niskahihna, päitset
French: têtière (fr) f
Galician: trenla (gl) f, xácoma f, ronzal m, ramal m, cabresto m
German: ^{(please verify)} Stallhalfter f

Greek: καπίστρι (el) n (kapístri)
Hungarian: tarkószíj
Macedonian: огламник m (óglamnik), оглав m (óglav)
Spanish: cabestro (es) m

References

Baranowski, Zdzislaw, "The International Horseman's Dictionary", Pitman Publishing, New York, 1955

Stratton, Charles, "The International Horseman's Dictionary", Hamlyn Publishing, Melbourne, 1975

Summerhayes, R.S., "Encyclopedia for Horsemen", Frederick Warne & Co., London and New York, 1966

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