rearing bit

noun

A bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting the head when rearing.

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Meanings

nounrearing bit (plural rearing bits)

plural rearing bits

  1. A bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting the head when rearing.

    [if the horse] tosses up his head so violently or pertinaciously as to become unbearable , ride him a few times in a rearing bit

    1857, Harry Hieover, Precept and Practice
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APA

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Chicago

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