ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bosal

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /boʊˈsæl/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Bosal is a noun meaning A type of noseband used on a horse.

Meaning

A type of noseband used on a horse.

More Meanings

  1. (uncommon) Alternative form of bozal or bossale (slave born in Africa and recently brought to a colony).

Example Sentences

At about the same time Christian Georg Andreas Oldendorp, a Moravian missionary in the Danish West Indies, recorded that some Kongos on the island performed "a certain type of baptism on the bosals [recently arrived slaves] who desire it."

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include noseband, browband, bradoon, bocal, bolo, swell.

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