Frenum
(
χαλινός). A horse's bridle, comprising,
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Ancient Bronze Bridle. (British Museum.)
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as with us, the bit (
στόμιον) and reins as well as
the head-stall. Xenophon, in his treatise
De Re Eq. (vi. 7), describes the
curb-bit as having sharp prickles. See illustration on opposite page.