nose bag

noun

1. feed bag ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of nose bag¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

It was a long canvas nose bag with straps to go over a horse’s ears.

From Literature

Hazel had eaten various roots in his life, but only once before had he tasted carrot, when a cart horse had spilled a nose bag near the home warren.

From Literature

Nose′bag, a bag for a horse's nose, containing oats, &c.;

From Project Gutenberg

I want the power to consign every man who even mentions "nose bag" to a horse, to the guillotine, and to imprison for life every brute who carries a snake-whip or uses a check-rein.

From Project Gutenberg

In each troop a man is detailed to walk the picket line while grain is being fed, to look out for the horses generally and to take off the feed or the nose bag of a horse as soon as he has finished feeding.

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