headstall, headpiece
(noun) the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse’s head
Source: WordNet® 3.1
headstall (plural headstalls)
The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements. [from 14th c.]
(obsolete) A phorbeia. [18th-19th c.]
• headpiece
• headcollar
Source: Wiktionary
Head"stall`, n.
Definition: That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 December 2024
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.