bridoon
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bridoon
1745–55; < French, Middle French bridon, equivalent to bride bridle ( see bride 2) + -on noun suffix
Example Sentences
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Anyone who knows a martingale from a bridoon knows that show jumpers are seldom good mounts for the hunting field, that not one steeplechaser in 100 is fit to enter a show ring.
From Time Magazine Archive
In bygone days, when a family tree was a ticket of admission to the National and most spectators knew a martingale from a bridoon, harness and saddle horses held the audiences spellbound.
From Time Magazine Archive
A thin bridoon, and I have seen them mere wires, only cuts, chafes, and irritates, causing more pain and consequently more resistance, than the curb itself.
From Riding Recollections, 5th ed. by Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John)
Ostriches roam about this camp, eating empty soda-water bottles and any bridoon bits they can find.
From In the Ranks of the C.I.V. by Childers, Erskine
Inspection of recruits on the bridoon, and of the Second Ride Second Class shortly before Christmas.
From Cavalry in Future Wars by Goldman, Charles Sydney
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