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headstalls

headstalls is the plural of headstall.

Meaning of headstall

Noun

headstall (plural headstalls)

  1. The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements.
    • Why, Petruchio is coming […] his horse hipp’d […] with a half-cheek’d bit, and a head-stall of sheep’s leather which, being restrained to keep him from stumbling, hath been often burst, and now repaired with knots […]c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (obsolete) A phorbeia.

Questions about headstalls

What is headstalls the plural of?
Headstalls is the plural of headstall.

Words near headstalls in the dictionary

  1. headsquare
  2. headsquares
  3. headstage
  4. headstages
  5. headstall
  6. headstalls
  7. headstamp
  8. headstamped
  9. headstamping
  10. headstamps
  11. headstand

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