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

Summe dator vitae, naturae aeterne magister,   Causarum series quo moderante fluit, Respice quem subiget senium, morbique seniles,   Quem terret vitae meta propinqua suae, Respice inutiliter lapsi quem poenitet aevi;   Recte ut poeniteat, respice, magne parens.

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

B. Vulnere laesa gravi modo se sublimis in auras Attollit, modo subdit aquis, modo more ferocis Versat apri, quem turba canum circumsona terret.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

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.

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

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