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χαλινός). A horse's bridle, comprising,

Ancient Bronze Bridle. (British Museum.)

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.

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