bosal

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/boʊˈsæl/

noun

A type of noseband used on a horse.

OriginSpanish bosal →
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Meanings

nounbosal (plural bosals)

plural bosals

  1. A type of noseband used on a horse.
  2. alternativeuncommonAlternative form of bozal or bossale (slave born in Africa and recently brought to a colony).

    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."

    2009, Bernard Bailyn, Patricia L Denault, Soundings in Atlantic History, page 108

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
noseband

Origin

  1. Spanishbosal
  2. Englishbosal

From Spanish bosal, variant of bozal (“noseband; slave”). (The sense "noseband" is specifically via Mexican Spanish and was originally found in the Southwestern US.) Doublet of bozal and bossale.

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Cite this entry
APA

bosal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bosal

MLA

“bosal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bosal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bosal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bosal.

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