Definitions
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- noun Part of a
horse 'sbridle that runs from just under one ear, across the forehead, to just under the other ear, preventing the bridle from sliding down.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fringes to the soft leather bridle, and a tooled browband with tiny studs of gold.
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The man on the silver horse turned to her and beneath the iron browband of his helm she met his green-gold eyes.
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Gold tassels fringed the mare's browband and saddlecloth.
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It was interesting, though, that although the warriors did not wear their armor here, they did retain their iron neckpieces and armbands, and sometimes added a browband as well.
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We all dismounted, and each fastened a scalp to the browband of his bridle, and when the Captain saw us coming and saw that each had a scalp, he said: "Boys, let's give them three cheers."
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We all dismounted, and each fastened a scalp to the browband of his bridle, and when the Captain saw us coming and saw that each had a scalp, he said:
Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains
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One is brown leather with a green felt browband and snaffle bit (cavesson) (pony size)
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One has a flash nose band and its browband has a metal (gold in colour) snaffle on it.
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