cavesson
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cavesson
1590–1600; < Italian cavezzone noseband halter, equivalent to cavezz ( a ) halter (< Germanic; compare Old English cælf halter, muzzle) + -one augmentative suffix
Example Sentences
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A. At first, the longe of the cavesson should be held at from fifteen or twenty inches from the horse's head, held out and supported with a stiff wrist.
From New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. by F. Baucher
It is also useful to use the cavesson with restive horses, as its object is to act upon the moral, while the rider acts upon the physical.
From New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. by F. Baucher
We must watch the proper times to diminish or increase the bearing of the cavesson upon the horse's nose, so as to use it as an aid.
From New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. by F. Baucher
The ordinary English trainer thinks that a good mouth may be made in two weeks, by strapping a colt's reins to his surcingle for an hour or two daily, and by longeing with a cavesson.
From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Theodore Ayrault Dodge
I have the cavesson and all on her ready for ye, and I was thinking we'd take her south into Mr. Gunning's land.
From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville
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