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/ˈhɛdstɔːl/ · noun
The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements..
Why, Petruchio is coming […] his horse hipp’d […] with a half-cheek’d bit, and a head-stall of sheep’s leather which, being restrained to keep him from stumbling, hath been often burst, and now repaired with knots […]
Another, that would seeme to have more wit, / Him by the bright embrodered hed-stall tooke […].
He turned back, slipped the bit in Dox’s mouth, and laced the big flop ears into the headstall.
Then the smith Ilmarinen / the everlasting craftsman / out of steel formed a bridle / forged a headstall [translating päitset] of iron […].
Use headstall when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Headstall means The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements..
Common synonyms include headpiece, headcollar.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Why, Petruchio is coming […] his horse hipp’d […] with a half-cheek’d bit, and a head-stall of sheep’s leather which, being restrained to keep him from stumbling, hath been often burst, and now repaired with knots […]
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