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double bridle

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noun

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

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To balance the strain on both boats it�s best to go the double bridle route.

From Time Magazine Archive

The average of horses go best on a double bridle, that is to say, the common hard and sharp or curb, with a snaffle.

From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by Rarey, J. S. (John Solomon)

If a double bridle be employed, as is usually the case, he should on no account hold the bit reins, lest an accident may happen from the curb hurting the horse’s mouth.

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

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)

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)