Engraved in the silver of the headstall was a word in odd, ancient-looking characters: Papillon. From Wordnik.com. [Three Hearts and Three Lions]
Quitaipón (ornament for headstall of draught beasts). From Wordnik.com. [Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)] Reference
Fumbling, he got the headstall up on the ridges above her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Decision at Doona]
Slip the reins over the head, so; the headstall goes up over the ears. From Wordnik.com. [Decision at Doona]
Quickly grabbing its ear, Piemur managed to get the headstall in place. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon Drums]
With Jilian pulling on its headstall, the horse braced it - self and hauled. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Thorbardin]
Derian jerked the mare's headstall, but still she danced nervously away from Blysse. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
At the first order to trot the fishermen hung on desperately to saddle and headstall. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography] Reference
The horse was very richly caparisoned, and wore in his headstall a plume of varied feathers. From Wordnik.com. [Coronation Anecdotes] Reference
Lexie, dismounted, holding Danny's headstall, and watched from the shelter of nearby bushes. From Wordnik.com. [The Outrageous Dowager]
In the dusk its headstall flickered and flashed, as if it were studded with gems like living stars. From Wordnik.com. [The Fellowship of the Ring]
Socks snorted, ducked her head, the reins slid to her ears and the headstall crumpled over his fumbling hand. From Wordnik.com. [Decision at Doona]
The headstall of her horse glittered with gold rosettes and silver plaques, the spoils of Susa and Persepolis. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
"Good horse," he crooned, noticing that the bit in its mouth and the studding on its headstall were of fine silver. From Wordnik.com. [The Covenant of the Forge]
I watched my poor bay, the bedraggled plume on his headstall nodding as he fought to keep his nostrils above water. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
It was not tethered, though an elaborate fringed pair of reins hung from a headstall chased with silver and arabesques. From Wordnik.com. [Three Hearts and Three Lions]
"Oh, very well," said Lieutenant Wingate, stepping into the car, removing the bars and reaching for the pony's headstall. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference
It wore a saddle of dwarven design, richly studded with steel and silver, and its loose reins dangled from its headstall. From Wordnik.com. [The Covenant of the Forge]
While Catalino spliced the noseband to the headstall, Efrain explained what he believed had occurred at the monkey-ladder vine. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
"Now, my bonny one, we'll see," said Peggy, as she unstrapped the bit, and the headstall without it was no more than the halter to which. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference
Suddenly, young Derdas, gravity changed to urgency, grasped her horse's headstall, wheeled it round to face forward, and shouted, "Look!". From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
"There's a reason why they put a headstall on a horse," Brumley said. From Wordnik.com. [HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News] Reference
Stands tethered the Pearl; thrice winds her headstall about his wrist. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning] Reference
The headstall away from the wrist he leaves thrice bound as 80 before. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning] Reference
Young McCrae wheeled his horse on the off side and gripped the headstall by the bit. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters] Reference
A lump came into it, and he swallowed with a shrug, and flicked at a fly on the headstall. From Wordnik.com. [Lorraine A romance] Reference
If there be no snaffle, the cheek-pieces of the headstall of the curb or Pelham should be held. From Wordnik.com. [The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.] Reference
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