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bri⋅doon

  [brahy-doon, bri-]
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–noun
a snaffle when used with a curb on a full bridle.
Origin:
1745–55; < F, MF bridon, equiv. to bride bridle (see bride 2 ) + -on n. suffix
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Bridoon

Bri*doon"\, n. [F. bridon, from bride; of German origin. See Bridle, n.] (Mil.) The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein. --Campbell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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