double bridle

British  

noun

1. a bridle with four reins coming from a bit with two rings on each side

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double bridle

As regards the bitting of a puller, I would advise that with a double bridle the curb should be put low down in the mouth....

From The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. by Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace)

In the park, a light, double bridle, or what they call in Ireland a Ward bit, is the best, and no martingale should be required.

From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Greville, Beatrice Violet Graham

The snaffle, even of a double bridle, should be sewed to the bridle; it is safer for leading, and it is only the curb bit which you wish to have the power of changing.

From Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding by Greenwood, George

A double bridle is often called a “bit and bridoon.”

From The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. by Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace)

Thus, take an ordinary double bridle, let a lad hold the upper part of the head-stall in one hand, and the bits in the other, and stand opposite the pupil.

From The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises by Moustache, Vielle