Martingal: alternatives and connections

Furnished with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color.

The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are…

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound t…

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

A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastene…

The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.

That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse,…

To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicio…

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…

The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…

A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration.

An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.

A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.

A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises h…

A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner.

the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have ‘-ism’ as an ending"

Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; a…