Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bridoon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
bridoon .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
snaffle bit, with small rings, usually used on adouble bridle in conjunction with acurb bit .
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Examples
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The Charlton bradoon, a favourite for more than twenty years, has lost its consequence by the new invention; the bearing rein now passes through the throat lash, but formerly it only entered the bit, and went straight to the territ.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 Samuel James Arnold 1813
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