eggbutt
Noun
On a snaffle with a T-shaped mouthpiece, the egg-shaped side ring that connects to it.
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After a time he decided that Sinbad needed lunging, and an eggbutt snaffle with a drop noseband.
The dee cheek and the eggbutt developed, in that order, from the cheek snaffle.
More examples (2)
Eggbutt snaffle: A snaffle with special hinges to the rings designed to avoid pinching the horse’s lips
Since the eggbutt rings are fixed they cannot pinch the side of the face or lips.
Word forms
eggbutts