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Bridle

a head stall, bit, and bearern bridle of Europe and America concrown piece, the brow band, the cheek ing or riding rein, completing the head gear of a horse's harness. The modsists of the following pieces: bridle. Such bits are seen in Assyrian and Egyptian paintings and sculptures, and are subsequently mentioned by Xenophon. Bridle bits may be classed and the bit. Sometimes, also, there are strap, the throat latch or lash, the rein, hitching strap.

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