lip-strap
/lɪpstɹæp/
lip-strap noun: a small strap with a buckle running between the cheeks of a bit, to prevent the horse from biting on the cheek of the bit in its mouth.
Noun
lip-strap (plural lip-straps)
- A small strap with a buckle running between the cheeks of a bit, to prevent the horse from biting on the cheek of the bit in its mouth.
- He was not a horsey man, but he liked people to believe he had been one once; and he wove fantastic stories of the hunting-bridle to which this particular lip-strap had belonged.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Watches of the Night”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 59
Forms of lip-strap
| plural | lip-straps |
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Origin of lip-strap
From lip + strap.
Questions about lip-strap
- What does lip-strap mean?
- Lip-strap means a small strap with a buckle running between the cheeks of a bit, to prevent the horse from biting on the cheek of the bit in its mouth.
- What part of speech is lip-strap?
- Lip-strap is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lip-strap?
- Lip-strap is pronounced /lɪpstɹæp/.
- What is the plural of lip-strap?
- The plural of lip-strap is lip-straps.
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