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rearing bits

rearing bits is the plural of rearing bit.

Meaning of rearing bit

Noun

rearing bit (plural rearing bits)

  1. A bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting the head when rearing.
    • [if the horse] tosses up his head so violently or pertinaciously as to become unbearable , ride him a few times in a rearing bit1857, Harry Hieover, Precept and Practice

Questions about rearing bits

What is rearing bits the plural of?
Rearing bits is the plural of rearing bit.

Words near rearing bits in the dictionary

  1. Rearick
  2. Rearicks
  3. rearing
  4. rearing back
  5. rearing bit
  6. rearing bits
  7. rearing one's head
  8. rearing one's ugly head
  9. rearing up
  10. rearings
  11. rearise

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