Encolure: alternatives and connections

One who adopts.

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or co…

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…

A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

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

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird.

A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.

A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

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

One who courses or hunts.

A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel.

A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpe…

With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.