Crossword clues for headstall
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Headstall \Head"stall`\ (-st[add]l`), n.
That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements. (from 14th c.) 2 (cx obsolete English) A phorbeia. (18th-19th c.)
WordNet
n. the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head [syn: headpiece]
Usage examples of "headstall".
Here sure enough we found two of them, and as they had been turned out with their headstalls on, were able to tie them to trees with the riems which were attached to the headstalls.
While Catalino spliced the noseband to the headstall, Efrain explained what he believed had occurred at the monkey-ladder vine.
After he had them apart, he packed the headstalls away and flipped the reins over his shoulder.
She swapped out headstalls for halters, then led the team along the line of wagons to Janqueril, the horse-master.
He is seated on a milkwhite horse with long flowing crimson tail, richly caparisoned, with golden headstall.
It was odd to see a sweating teamster cuss out her horses, and have a broken strap on Jeb's headstall repaired by a handy-woman quartermaster sergeant.
A young stable boy hung on to the headstall of an immense draft horse.
He slapped the muscular neck, smoothed mane hair care- lessly twisted beneath the headstall, and worked his way down the horse's back, ostensibly checking the equipment.