Braffin

Quick meaning: Braffin is a noun meaning (UK, regional) A horse collar, especially as used in girning.

Meaning

(UK, regional) A horse collar, especially as used in girning.

Example Sentences

One former winner hung up his braffin aged eighty-eight after seven decades of competing. His talents had improved with age.

There were many times when holes had to be dug between the sleepers that held the rails in place to allow the pony to travel, his braffin worn and scrubbed away. These tubs when derailed had to be lifted on with sheer brute strength. The taller pony was used to haul the tubs, usually in two's, three's or even four's from the flat to a much bigger landing […]

Word Forms

• braffins

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include brank, rein, brake, horse, cabresto, headstrap.

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