Sentence examples for curb bit from inspiring English sources
noun
A type of bit used on a bridle, which works by leverage and has shanks and a curb chain.
The curb bit, vitally important for controlling a war-horse, probably dates from about the same time.
Finally, the curb bit of a double bridle is examined, and physical interference between the curb and bridoon mouthpieces is found.
Standard, yet powerful computational signal processing of the dynamic time series tension data reveals that the poll pressure produced by the curb bit is predominantly due to tension in the bridoon reins and not the curb reins.
Many of the bits used during the Middle Ages resemble the bradoon, snaffle bit and curb bit that are still in common use today.
After a year or two, when the horse is light in the hackamore, she will introduce the young horse to the two-rein, using a light bosal with either a "half-breed" or a low-port curb bit.
Some designs were also more extreme and severe than those used today.The curb bit was known during the classical period, but was not generally used during the Middle Ages until the mid-14th century.
Six horses ridden with traditional Icelandic curb bits were without findings in both locations.
Six horses (8%) were ridden with traditional Icelandic curb bits and always combined with English nosebands.
Horses ridden with curb bits which had a port had 75 times higher odds for lesions on the bars (P = 0.009) (Table 3) compared to horses ridden with snaffle bits and Icelandic curb bits.
Six horses ridden with traditional Icelandic curb bits were all without oral lesions which is also a remarkable finding.
The presence of lesions on the bars was strongly associated to the use of curb bits with a port (OR = 75, P = 0.009).
