browband

British  

/ ˈbraʊˌbænd /

noun

1. the strap of a horse's bridle that goes across the forehead

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Example Sentences

Rock puts white bell boots, with fleece tops, on the horse’s front feet and racing’s Triple Crown hope walks down the shedrow – chestnut coat, white rundowns behind, blue and red browband across his forehead.

From New York Times

"I've always thought a lot of him but it took three months to even put a browband on him - you couldn't go near his head," said trainer Nicky Henderson.

From The Guardian

In the browband of the pony's bridle was stuck the staff of a small red flag, while the gallant young horseman himself was rigged out in leggins and hunting shirt of the fairest of buckskin, trimmed with the blackest of bearskin, a hat of gay feathers upon his head, and upon his feet a magnificent pair of red moccasins.

From Project Gutenberg

Yes, there they were—the pony with a small, red flag stuck in the browband of his bridle.

From Project Gutenberg

Dade shrugged his shoulders and painstakingly smoothed the hair tassel which dangled from the browband.

From Project Gutenberg