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
Two men, wearing black cloaks, would lead the horse by means of new handkerchiefs passed through the bridoon rings of its bridle, handkerchiefs which would become their perquisites and memento mori.
From Snake and Sword A Novel by Wren, Percival Christopher
This particular application of the word is from custom allowable in the expression “bit and bridoon,” in which the bit signifies a curb, and the bridoon a snaffle.
From The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. by Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace)
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)
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