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Meaning of headstall | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈhɛdstɔːl

Definitions

  1. The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements.
  2. A phorbeia.
    obsolete

Equivalents

العربية عذار
Azərbaycan dili noxta ovsar
Bosanski kantar
Cymraeg penffrwyn penwar
Deutsch Halfter Stallhalfter
Ελληνικά καπίστρι
Español cabestro
Suomi päitset
Français têtière
Gaeilge éadanán
Galego cabresto trenla xácoma
Hrvatski kantar
Magyar tarkószíj
Kurdî dizgîn noxta
Latina capistrum
Македонски оглав огламник
Polski kantar naczółek
Српски kantar
Türkçe dizgin yular
Українська навушник

Examples

“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 […].”
“He turned back, slipped the bit in Dox’s mouth, and laced the big flop ears into the headstall.”
“Then the smith Ilmarinen / the everlasting craftsman / out of steel formed a bridle / forged a headstall [translating päitset] of iron⟳ […].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

headstamp Headstand headstander Headstands headstart headstarting

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