cheek strap

noun

(of a bridle) one of two straps passing over the cheeks of the horse and connecting the crown piece with the bit or noseband.

He caught the cheek strap of the bridle, and motioned us away as we would have helped him at the horse's head.

Grasping the cheek strap of the little horse's bridle, Marta began to lead him slowly around and around.

The nose and cheek strap worn by the woman and the trail-wrappings about her head allowed only a pair of black eyes to be seen.

He fastened the cheek-strap very carefully, and got all the pieces of harness on and buckled.

Banion caught at a cheek strap as he saw Woodhull's act, and the horse was the safer for an instant.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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