Back to the horse, to be again assailed by Number Two for not having obeyed the order about the bridoon and stirrup-irons.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography] Reference

'What the ----' (any competent person who knows barrack life can fill in the blank) 'do you mean by letting your bridoon and stirrup-irons lie rusting here?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography] Reference

It was the custom, after having unsaddled one's mount, to pass a hasty oil-rag over bit and bridoon and stirrups, and then to fall to upon the grooming of the horse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference

I had the satisfaction of seeing him put his fore feet on the bridle, pull bit and bridoon out of his mouth, and then, with a neigh of exultation, spring into the midst of the herd of mustangs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843] Reference

A double bridle is often called a "bit and bridoon.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.] Reference

Inspection of recruits on the bridoon, and of the Second Ride Second.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cavalry in Future Wars] Reference

Of course, to achieve this they must not be put back every autumn to the very ABC of their work -- riding on the bridoon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cavalry in Future Wars] Reference

It may be urged that both for horses and men there is a distinct advantage in beginning again every year with bridoon riding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cavalry in Future Wars] Reference

This particular application of the word is from custom allowable in the expression "bit and bridoon," in which the bit signifies a curb, and the bridoon a snaffle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.] Reference

Hospital, and a heavy-shouldered, black-haired man in shabby white drills stepped out of the throng and seized the flying bridoon-rein, and wrenched the brute down.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dop Doctor] Reference

They must go on with the curb, to which by this time they are accustomed, and in the place of the bridoon work, individual riding must be encouraged as much as possible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cavalry in Future Wars] Reference

You put a bridoon on one horse, and, if you are luxurious, a blanket and surcingle to sit on, lead the other, and form up in a line; then 'file right' is the order, and you march off to the watering place, wearing any sort of costume you please.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Ranks of the C.I.V.] Reference

I have not advocated giving a beginner a bit and bridoon, because in hunting she should always ride with the snaffle, and reserve the curb for use in cases of emergency, such as steadying her mount when galloping over plough or heavy ground, or in slackening his speed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.] Reference

Wrong application of the aids with the bit entail worse consequences on the horses than with the bridoon; hence almost exclusive work on the bit requires better teachers and lighter hands, and if one has few of these at one's disposal, undoubtedly a disadvantage will accrue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cavalry in Future Wars] Reference

These men will certainly require more bridoon work in the autumn, but even these should be sufficiently forward by Christmas-time to pass on to the bit, so that, in spite of the very high degree of perfection required from their horses, they can be dismissed the school by the middle of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cavalry in Future Wars] Reference

With increased practice, comprehension of the management of the bit in military riding would gradually increase both with teacher and pupils, and work with the reins in both hands be usefully employed to facilitate the transition from the bridoon to the bit and counteract the possible evils of riding on the bit alone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cavalry in Future Wars] Reference

End of March, or beginning of April, bridoon inspection of the young remounts, in which generally side-paces, collected canter, and the canter and change, may be demanded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cavalry in Future Wars] Reference

By Christmas the recruits can thus be brought forward as far and farther than they now are by the time of the inspection on the bridoon, and can then go on to riding on the curb, so that by February they should be able to ride the side paces, gallop and change, and all other school paces, without arms, and generally be so firm in the saddle that they may be advanced to drilling with arms, and can begin their real instruction as troopers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cavalry in Future Wars] Reference

Bit and bridoon, merits of, 192, 197.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cavalry in Future Wars] Reference