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    STABLE GEAR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Gear for a horseplay

    Synonyms:

    saddlery; stable gear; tack

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("stable gear" is a kind of...):

    appurtenance; gear; paraphernalia (equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stable gear"):

    bit (piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding)

    caparison; housing; trapping (stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse)

    cinch; girth (stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place)

    hame (stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces)

    harness (stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart)

    headgear (stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head)

    martingale (a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head)

    horse blanket; saddle blanket; saddlecloth (stable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle)

    yoke (stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team)

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