WordNet
n. a thin bit with a center point and cutting edges on either side
Wikipedia
Spade bit may refer to:
- Spade bit used on horses
- Spade bit used on a drill
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The spade bit is a historic vaquero design for a type of curb bit with straight, highly decorated shanks and a mouthpiece that includes a straight bar, a narrow port with a cricket, and a "spoon," a flat, partly rounded plate affixed above the port, supported by braces on either side. Considered a highly technical piece of equipment to be used only on a finished horse, the spade bit is a refined tool that experts compare to driving a sports car in its ability to convey precise commands to the horse. Not all horses have the conformation or temperament to become a finished spade bit horse, a process that takes a number of years and is seldom complete until a horse has at least five years of training under saddle.
Usage examples of "spade bit".
But instead of using a spade bit to control him, she had the Rada'Han around his neck, and that was much worse.
Dunneldeen, recovered from the cave-in, was operating a chattering spade bit, sweat streaming off him in the closed, hot confines of the drift.
She had watched as he dragged her body out to the waste ground behind the house, and listened as the spade bit into the earth for an unmarked grave.
Jupe probably used a spade bit on him, that's why he fights the bit so now.