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Definition of Nosebands
1. noseband [n] - See also: noseband
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nosebands
Literary usage of Nosebands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illustrated Horse-breaking by Matthew Horace Hayes (1908)
"... and lunging the horse —Reining back—The standing martingale—Hearing reins,
running reins. side reins, and nosebands—"Tying horses up," " reining," dumb ..."
2. Riding: on the Flat and Across Country: A Guide to Practical Horsemanship by Matthew Horace Hayes (1882)
"nosebands.—An ordinary noseband, buckled tight, will considerably increase the
power of either curb or snaffle. When the horse is turned to the ..."
3. The Horse in History by Basil Tozer (1908)
"Some of the nosebands, or rather halters, used in early times were made of plaited
straw, and today halters of almost similar make and pattern are still ..."
4. An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great by William Kelly (1851)
"... all superbly mounted, and their horses caparisoned in a curious but highly
ornamental style, the head-stalls, rosettes, and nosebands of the bridles ..."
5. A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum by Samuel Birch, Charles Thomas Newton (1870)
"... of the horses, the headstalls of their bridles and the bits are ornamented
with white studs; over their noses they wear metallic nosebands. ..."
6. Class Book of Economic Entomology: With Special Reference to the Economic by William Lochhead (1919)
"... use fly-nets of loosely dangling cords for G. equi, and wire-screen muzzles,
leather nosebands cut into narrow strips or provided with canvas flaps for ..."
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