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  2. Bridle - Wikipedia

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    A hunt seat style English bridle Western show bridle. A bridle is a piece of equipment used to direct a horse. As defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, the "bridle" includes both the headstall that holds a bit that goes in the mouth of a horse, and the reins that are attached to the bit. It provides additional control and communication ...

  3. Double bridle - Wikipedia

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    A double bridle, also called a full bridle or Weymouth bridle, [1] is a bridle that has two bits and four reins (sometimes called "double reins"). One bit is the bradoon (or bridoon ), is a modified snaffle bit that is smaller in diameter and has smaller bit rings than a traditional snaffle, and it is adjusted so that it sits above and in front ...

  4. Snaffle bit - Wikipedia

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    Jointed mouthpiece: applies pressure to the tongue, lips, and bars with a "nutcracker" action. This is the most common mouthpiece found on a snaffle. [1]: 55 Straight mouthpiece: A straight bar with no curve. Several bit designs use a straight bar where the bit can be flipped over, thus using either the smooth bar side or a twisted bar.

  5. Pilot chute - Wikipedia

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    Drogues used on tandem-systems are basically large throw-out pilot chutes, but the bridle is anchored on the container with a release system. When the user throws the drogue, the drogue inflates and the bridle extends. The deployed drogue slows down the free-fall speed of the tandem pair. When the user wants to open the parachute, they pull a ...

  6. Bridle joint - Wikipedia

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    Corner bridle joint T-bridle joint. A bridle joint is a woodworking joint, similar to a mortise and tenon, in that a tenon is cut on the end of one member and a mortise is cut into the other to accept it. [1] The distinguishing feature is that the tenon and the mortise are cut to the full width of the tenon member.

  7. Aircraft catapult - Wikipedia

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    The bridle would then be caught by nets aside the horn. Bridles have not been used on U.S. aircraft since the end of the Cold War, and all U.S. Navy carriers commissioned since then have not had the ramps. The last U.S. carrier commissioned with a bridle catcher was USS Carl Vinson; starting with USS Theodore Roosevelt the ramps

  8. Wikipedia:CHECKWIKI/WPC 064 dump - Wikipedia

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    Download the file enwiki-YYYYMMDD-pages-articles.xml.bz2 from the most recent dump. For example, on your.org , go to directory YYYYMMDD for the most recent date (for example 20171020 ), and retrieve the requested file (for example enwiki- 20171020 -pages-articles.xml.bz2 ).

  9. Scold's bridle - Wikipedia

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    A scold's bridle, sometimes called a witch's bridle, a gossip's bridle, a brank's bridle, or simply branks, [1] was an instrument of punishment, as a form of public humiliation. [2] It was an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head (although some bridles were masks that depicted suffering).