| 单词 | headstall |
| 例句 | He turned back, slipped the bit in Dox’s mouth, and laced the big flop ears into the headstall. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He got it out, reached forward and cut the headstall. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He let them feel the red saddle, and showed them the brass chain throat-latch on the bridle and the big brass buttons at each temple where the headstall and brow band crossed. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z They wore beautifully colored woollen coverings over their humps, and headstalls with tassels of dark red, green, and blue trailing almost to the ground. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He tried to rub the headstall off on the manger. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dusk its headstall flickered and flashed, as if it were studded with gems like living stars. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It is infinitely before any other which I have seen used for the same purpose, has quite a separate headstall, and should be put on and arranged before the addition of the customary bridle. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z He crouched, backed, half turned and Nora's spur caught under the headstall of his bridle. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z It has a separate headstall, and is put on before the ordinary bridle. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z All travelling is on horseback, and the Persian, though sober in the colours of his costly clothing, loves crimson and gold in leather and cloth, embroidered housings and headstalls, and gorgeous saddle-covers for his horse. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z "I was trying a new headstall, and I wasn't very careful in linking up the bit." Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z The headstall is of fine red cloth, plentifully studded with choice rubies, and near the extremity are some precious diamonds. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z The mare started at such a pace that an instant later her headstall, ornamented with a rosette, looked like a poppy swept along the hedges by the wind. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z The man went to pull out the phaeton, and Lawrence loosened the headstalls, speaking in a low, winsome voice to his pets. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z The saddle itself is smoothly covered with a soft ornamental cover made to fit it, and the crupper, breastplate, and headstall are frequently of crimson leather embroidered in gold, or stitched ingeniously with turquoise beads. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The force from above downward, practised with the snaffle, acting only by the headstall on the top of the head, often takes too long to make the horse lower his head. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z Think how odious to the horse must be the mere forcing of the bit into his mouth and of the headstall over his ears. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z Now Duhl enters as stealthily as a serpent, cuts the headstall, mounts her, and is “launched on the desert like bolt from bow.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The neighbours appeared, each mounted on his best horse, with such silver on their reins and headstalls, bits, stirrups, or "recados," as they happened to possess. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z On the other hand—” Then the budgerow struck a submerged rock with a violence that must have pitched him overboard were he not holding Nejdi’s headstall at the moment. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Beside Stands tethered the Pearl: Thrice winds her headstall about his wrist: ’Tis therefore he sleeps so sound—the moon through the roof reveals. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z See that your headstall is long enough, so that the pressure may lie on the bars of the horse’s mouth and not crumple up the corners of his lips, like a gag. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z The new headstall, check-rein, and the bells were already in their places. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z "Pulled her head out of the headstall," said Flurry, after a rapid survey of the forge. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z But Christopher grabbed at the stallion’s headstall and checked him. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z The ground colour of these parts was white, but four dark bands were so disposed over them as to give the animals the appearance of wearing a headstall of black leather. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z “Let me get hold of their headstalls,” he called, raising his voice slightly. The Auto Boys' Vacation "Ah," said Connor, "you have pulled against a headstall here, eh?" The Garden of Eden In the centre of that yard stood a red Texan steer with a headstall on his wicked head. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Take the girl on the horse with you, and let Chris lead by the headstall. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z The first thing their captors did was to bind them securely with the reims cut from their horses’ headstalls. Harley Greenoak's Charge “I’ll let him run; he’s about done up,” he answered, removing saddle, bridle, and headstall, and turning the animal adrift. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt He was carrying a headstall and a couple of reims for this purpose, and, thinking it a trifle shorter to ford the river below the drift than at it, had gone into the water accordingly. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley I'll slip his headstall right off, an' put on his halter. The Life of Nancy We took the bits out of the horses' mouths, leaving the headstalls on them, and they fell to with the hearty impatience of the very hungry. Dwellers in the Hills They had brought reims from their horses’ headstalls. Harley Greenoak's Charge Though the action sent a thrill of pain through him, he laid his bound-up hand upon the headstall, and set his lips as he tore at a buckle. The Greater Power It must have been the headstall which, dragging along the bottom, had so opportunely anchored him. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley A Chifney bit, as it pivots on the mouthpiece, avoids this; its action is quite independent of the headstall, and is precisely on the parts where it is originally placed. Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding The horses—large fine specimens of the Norman breed—were harnessed three abreast, and decorated with many bells, while their headstalls were heavy with scarlet woolen tassels, and ornamented with large silver-plated buckles. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Beside Stands tethered the Pearl; thrice winds her headstall about his wrist; 'Tis therefore he sleeps so sound—the moon through the roof reveals. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning The horse was very richly caparisoned, and wore in his headstall a plume of varied feathers. Coronation Anecdotes The room had a forlorn appearance, there was dust everywhere; Gordon had pitched the headstall into a corner, where it lay upon a miscellaneous, untidy pile. Mountain Blood A Novel Young McCrae wheeled his horse on the off side and gripped the headstall by the bit. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters A lump came into it, and he swallowed with a shrug, and flicked at a fly on the headstall. Lorraine A romance At the first order to trot the fishermen hung on desperately to saddle and headstall. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography They took the bits in their mouths, slipped their heads into the headstalls and then waited for Jess to buckle the throat-latches, for that was a trifle beyond them. Peggy Stewart at School He hitched, in an incredibly short space of time, a tall, ungainly roan horse into the buggy; his practised hands connected the straps, settled the headstall, the collar, as if by magic. Mountain Blood A Novel He led the way into a comfortable stable, whereupon there was a rattling of headstalls, and three ugly big rough heads were turned to look at him, and three shaggy manes were shaken. Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai Each has its head adorned with a red embroidered headstall, studded with shining plates of metal and red and yellow pompons, and a plume waves above its forehead. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Horses in India are led not by the bridle but by a thick cotton leading-rope which is passed over the headstall, and such a rope is carried by every Indian groom. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Shashai and Star obediently walked over to the bar upon which their light headstalls hung, sniffed at them with long audible breaths, then each selecting his own carried it to Jess in his teeth. Peggy Stewart at School My escape was in this wise: I saw that the reins might be reached from the headstalls of the wheel-horses. Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 "Oh, very well," said Lieutenant Wingate,16 stepping into the car, removing the bars and reaching for the pony's headstall. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods The headstall is covered with fluted silver, with large engraved silver rosettes at the sides, with decorations of flowers and heads of wheat, with an elaborate nose-piece with silver engraving. A Truthful Woman in Southern California Dolly got kind of fractious over his headstall when I was harnessin'. An Alabaster Box A horse rattled its headstall and pawed the flooring with a restless hoof. The Parts Men Play She set the pan on the ground and so managed to tuck his stiff, brown ears under the headstall, and to pull out his forelock comfortably while he nosed the pan. Skyrider The horses had their breast-leathers covered with hawk’s-bells, and all had rich, rare, and costly harnesses and headstalls of gold and silver covered with precious stones, plumes, and sashes, in the utmost profusion. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. The unwilling, lumbering mares were brought upon the ground, and Valentine held the headstall reins while a preliminary ceremony was performed, for your perfect knight omits no courteous detail. A Man and a Woman In it were a beautiful Spanish bit, richly silvered and with headstall and reins of cunningly plaited rawhide, and a pair of dainty spurs which winked gaily in the sunshine. The Desert Valley The same headstall with the red tassel, the same grey neck-handkerchief, a sorrel horse…. Six Feet Four And, impressed now with the size of Jake, she stood on a box and let out the headstall two holes. Skyrider The horse must also carry a headstall and a halter; I like one with plenty of tassels, to keep off the flies. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Each grasped the headstall reins firmly in his left hand, and with his right aimed his top-heavy lance in a somewhat wobbling manner at his adversary. A Man and a Woman The pony's small red head was quite innocent of bridle; the bit was against his red breast, held there by small hands desperate on the reins; the torn headstall flapped rakishly about the red legs. Copper Streak Trail He, having made himself a heavy and flexible whip of Dapple's headstall and reins, retired about twenty paces from his master, amidst some beeches. The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites This same process is often used by Mexicans and Westerners in making bridles, headstalls, etc., of leather. Knots, Splices and Rope Work A Practical Treatise So I led him in, and tied him by the ancient headstall, and I rubbed him down, and I washed his feet and covered him with the rough rug that lay there. Hills and the Sea I have found it everywhere—on articles that I buy, on house furniture, on the belts of dead ladrones, on the hilts of creeses, on the funnels of steamers, on the headstalls of horses. The Tracer of Lost Persons He slipped the bit out of Midnight's mouth, pushing the headstall back on the sleek black neck by way of lead rope, and they strode away to the water pen, side by side. Copper Streak Trail They have distinctive horse-trappings with silver neck-straps, breastplates, and headstalls, which pass from father to son, and have become highly prized heirlooms. Persia Revisited The bridle on that horse matched the saddle, and the headstall was beautiful with silver kept white and clean. The Phantom Herd He strode in haste to Old Jubilee's headstall and began to back him towards the boat. True Tilda Funny, but I felt exactly as if somebody had stolen that headstall and spurs right out of my hand, and I just had to get it back pronto. Good Indian "I got an extry saddle an' a headstall at the hotel that you can use," he said, "but you'll have to get a horse." McTeague Bareback, with but the headstall and bridle left upon the pony, he rode at the river. A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West Marion saw his hands tremble pitifully as he put the headstall over the creature's ears, and reproached herself that she had given him such a cold-hearted son. Salted with Fire Casting the tackle carelessly on the animal's back, he handed Mr. Mortimer the headstall rope, and left him, to return two minutes later with the saucepan he had promised. True Tilda But the horse had already shaken off the headstall, and jumped into a duck-pond, where he turned himself into a tiny fish. Popular Tales from the Norse Gifts were heaped upon Beowulf,—a golden crest, a banner bright, a great and goodly sword and helm and corselet, eight steeds with headstalls ornamented with gold plate, and a richly decorated saddle. National Epics How he gained the stable he never knew, nor how he backed the horse from the building, nor how, hopping on one leg, he got the headstall on and drew the cinches tight. A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West But his chief reliance is on the headstall and the nose-bag. Behind the Bungalow He appeared periodically in the villages with his eight donkeys, or neddies as he called them, with jingling bells on their headstalls and their burdens of two sacks of small coal on each. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs Of silver also were his heavy spurs, the pommel of his saddle, his stirrups, and the headstall of his bridle. The Purple Land At Outhal we were met by one Hussein Khan, a wild-looking fellow mounted on a good-looking chestnut horse, its saddle and headstalls ornamented with bright-coloured leathers and gold and silver ornaments. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán If you see a gentleman at a distance, progressing slowly with a gliding or floundering pace, you conclude he has a horse under him, and, perhaps, on nearer approach, you see bridle and headstall. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 As is usually the case here they had a great deal of silver on the bridle and headstall, and much carving on the saddle. Letters to His Children She was just eighteen, and she was leaving, and responsive to this the harness of the school was drawn off her as at the paddock gate the headstall from a colt. This Freedom G. I have got both scales somewhere in my head; but it's hard to tell how light you can make a headstall, for instance, until you've actually had a model made. Soldiers Three Just at this moment, Dapple in his play slipped off his headstall and was soon careering around the dooryard in the mad glee of freedom. A Day of Fate No shocks, no lashings, no harsh words to make the sight of that headstall throw him into a panic whenever it was produced. Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home The lone galloper pulled clear, and Alwa's men drove his opponents, crupper over headstall, into a body of the main contingent who had raced up in pursuit. Rung Ho! Some hobbled old nag, having slipped the headstall, would advance with kangaroo-leaps towards a neighbour against whom it had a private grudge. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 He is seated on a milkwhite horse with long flowing crimson tail, richly caparisoned, with golden headstall. Ulysses Using its rope headstall for a bridle, Clarence vaulted on its bare back, and paced cautiously out into the road. Susy, a story of the Plains Jumbo's equipment consisted of a cinch girth and a pair of bridle reins connected with a headstall. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life Dusty and begrimed he followed his team to the barn, slipped from them their headstalls and left them to amuse themselves with a little hay while they cooled sufficiently for heartier food. He Fell in Love with His Wife Here sure enough we found two of them, and as they had been turned out with their headstalls on, were able to tie them to trees with the riems which were attached to the headstalls. Finished Saddle the mare and the roan horse, and put a headstall on the chestnut to lead with you as a spare. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain And then, as to his decoration: headstall, breast-bands, saddle and crupper are lavishly embroidered with beads, and hung with thimbles, hawks' bells, and bunches of ribbons. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Holding fast to the headstall, he glanced back over the road. 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