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curb chains

curb chains is the plural of curb chain.

Meaning of curb chain

Noun

curb chain (plural curb chains)

  1. A chain running under the chin and attached to a curb bit, used to prevent the bit from rotating too much while limiting pressure on the upper palate of the horse's mouth.
    • [H]ere and there curb chains, polished till they shone like silver, kept company with spurs, bits, stirrups, and other possessions, such as his saddle, a supply of spare girths, and a stock of horse medicines.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 86

Questions about curb chains

What is curb chains the plural of?
Curb chains is the plural of curb chain.

Words near curb chains in the dictionary

  1. curb bulb
  2. curb bulbs
  3. curb bulge
  4. curb bulges
  5. curb chain
  6. curb chains
  7. curb crawler
  8. curb crawlers
  9. curb cut
  10. curb cut effect
  11. curb cut effects

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