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headstall

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈhɛdstɔːl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A phorbeia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: headpiece

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: band

History

Etymology

From head + stall.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: нокто (nokto) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Southern Altai: ноқто (Teleut) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Arabic: عِذَار (ʕiḏār) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Avar: чангит (čangit) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Azerbaijani: noxta — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Azerbaijani: ovsar — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Bashkir: нуҡта (nuqta) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Bulgarian: оглавник (oglavnik) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Buryat: ногто (nogto) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Chechen: жулар (žular) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Chuvash: нӑхта (năhta) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Czech: ohlávka — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Finnish: päitset — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • French: têtière — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Galician: trenla — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Galician: xácoma — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Galician: ronzal — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Galician: ramal — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Galician: cabresto — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • German: Stallhalfter — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • German: Halfter — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Greek: καπίστρι (kapístri) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Ancient Greek: φορβειά (phorbeiá) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Hungarian: tarkószíj — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Ingush: журал (žural) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Irish: éadanán — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Kalmyk: ногт (nogt) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Karakalpak: noqta — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Kazakh: ноқта (noqta) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Khakas: нохта (noxta) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Khakas: нотха (notxa) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Kumyk: нокъта (noqta) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Kyrgyz: нокто (nokto) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Latin: capistrum — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Macedonian: огламник (oglamnik) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Macedonian: оглав (oglav) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Moksha: нокта (nokta) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Mongolian: ногт (nogt) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Nogai: нокта (nokta) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Polish: kantar — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Shor: нотқа — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Spanish: cabestro — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Tajik: нухта (nuxta) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Tajik: афсор (afsor) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Tatar: нукта (nuqta) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Tofa: ноқта — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Turkish: yular — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Turkish: dizgin — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Ottoman Turkish: افسار (efsâr) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Turkmen: nogta — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Turkmen: owsar — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Tuvan: чулар (çular) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Tuvan: нокта (nokta) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Udmurt: нюкто (ńukto) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Uyghur: نوختا (noxta) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Uzbek: noʻxta — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Welsh: penwar — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Welsh: penffrwyn — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head
  • Yakut: сулар (sular) — part of the bridle that fits over the horse's head