terret

American  

[ter-it] / ˈtɛr ɪt /

noun

1. one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.

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terret British  

/ ˈtɛrɪt /

noun

1. either of the two metal rings on a harness saddle through which the reins are passed

2. the ring on a dog's collar for attaching the lead

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Etymology

Origin of terret

1480–90; earlier teret, unexplained variant of Middle English toret < Middle French, Old French tor ring ( see tour) + -et -et

Example Sentences

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terret

Apropos of having the leaders' reins through the top terret, it is supposed to look smarter, but that it is not a very good plan is proved by the aforesaid catastrophe.

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

Only one side of the shafts was supported by the harness, and we did not stop to fasten the hold-back straps, nor to put the lines through the terret, nor tie the hitching strap.

From Twenty Years of Hus'ling by Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace)

There's a heading you've got for one of your chapters, a quotation from some Latin author, which I can't place to my satisfaction; I mean that one beginning "Non terret principes."

From The Giant's Robe by Anstey, F.

And by him that spake only as a philosopher, and natural man, it was well said, Pompa mortis magis terret, quam mors ipsa.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Bacon, Francis