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cabresto

cabresto noun: a halter (headpiece for animal).

Noun

cabresto (plural cabrestos)

  1. A halter (headpiece for animal).
    • It is said that if a cabresto is laid round the sleeping traveller , the snake will not get within it.1851, Sporting Magazine, volume 18, page 274

Forms of cabresto

pluralcabrestos

Questions about cabresto

What does cabresto mean?
Cabresto means a halter (headpiece for animal).
What part of speech is cabresto?
Cabresto is a noun.
What is the plural of cabresto?
The plural of cabresto is cabrestos.

Words near cabresto in the dictionary

  1. Cabreja
  2. Cabrejas
  3. Cabrera
  4. cabrerite
  5. cabres
  6. cabresto
  7. cabrestos
  8. cabretta
  9. cabrettas
  10. cabreuva
  11. cabreuvas

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