Definition of "bradoon" []

• A type of snaffle bit, with small rings, usually used on a double bridle in conjunction with a curb bit. (noun)

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• "The Charlton bradoon, a favourite for more than twenty years, has lost its consequence by the new invention; the bearing rein now passes through the throat lash, but formerly it only entered the bit, and went straight to the territ."