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canon bit

canon bit noun: the part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.

Noun

canon bit (plural canon bits)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.
    • […] A goodly person, and could menage faire
      His stubborne steed with curbed canon bit1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • blind the disunions of complaining nature in chains together, and curb them with a canon bit1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC

Forms of canon bit

pluralcanon bits

Origin of canon bit

From French canon, from Latin canon (“a rule”).

Questions about canon bit

What does canon bit mean?
Canon bit means the part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.
What part of speech is canon bit?
Canon bit is a noun.
What is the plural of canon bit?
The plural of canon bit is canon bits.

Words near canon bit in the dictionary

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