nose bag

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Origin of nose bag

First recorded in 1790–1800

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How to use nose bag in a sentence

All the food for twelve men was in the nosebag, and it was very little; each man had a mere nibble for supper.
The Book of the Bush|George Dunderdale
By peering through a crack in the boarding I could look down on the wren in the nosebag inside.
A-Birding on a Bronco|Florence A. Merriam
Grieving over my little friends, I cleaned out the nosebag and hung it up on its peg.
A-Birding on a Bronco|Florence A. Merriam
So cabby had thoughts of clapping a nosebag to his horse's jaws, and was making up his mind to a bivouac.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

So Harriet stopped and picked up the nosebag and fixed it nicely on the horse's nose.
Sunny Boy in the Big City|Ramy Allison White

British Dictionary definitions for nose bag

nosebag

/ (ˈnəʊzˌbæɡ) /

noun

a bag, fastened around the head of a horse and covering the nose, in which feed is placed

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