headstall

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When Chaplin was made Viscount in 1916, his arms consisted partly of a "chest-nut-colored race horse in a white headstall."

From Time Magazine Archive

He let them feel the red saddle, and showed them the brass chain throat-latch on the bridle and the big brass buttons at each temple where the headstall and brow band crossed.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

He got it out, reached forward and cut the headstall.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

He tried to rub the headstall off on the manger.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

He turned back, slipped the bit in Dox’s mouth, and laced the big flop ears into the headstall.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck