Encolure: alternatives and connections

A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another recei…

In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body…

A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]

Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.

A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…

The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…

To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.

To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.

the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the ho…

A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.

The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.

The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper…

A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger.

To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.

The upper curve of a horse's neck.

Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse.