noseband

The only really useful noseband is one that is detached from the bridle-cheeks and has a separate crown-strap.

Yonnie, the Ayrshire bull, tossed his head and sat as the rope tightened on his noseband.

A noseband prevents the cheek of the bit and of the headstall from going forward, and so impedes the true action of the bit.

The bridle should have a cavesson, instead of the usual noseband.

When the standing martingale is used it is fastened to the noseband or to the cavesson, which many use in its place.