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† ˈmusrol Obs.
Forms: 6 mouseroll, muzroule, 7 mus(e)role, mustroll, muzrole, 7–8 muse-roll, 7–9 musroll, 8 muss-rol, 8– musrol.
[a. F. muserolle, ad. It. museruola, f. muso muzzle.]
The nose-band of a bridle.
1551T. Wilson Logike 76 There remaineth a wicked inclination, the same must alwaies be brideled and kept in, even with the terror of the law, as though it were a mouse-roll. 1589Pappe w. Hatchet in Lyly's Wks. (1902) III. 410 Thou shalt be broken as Prosper broke his horses, with a muzroule, portmouth, and a martingall. 1609Blundevil Art of Riding 11 b, He praiseth much y⊇ Musroll, saying that if y⊇ horse doe naturally keep his mouth close together, that then it cannot hurt him. 1679T. Kirke Mod. Acc. Scot. 6 Their Bridles have not Bitts, but a kind of Musroll of two pieces of wood. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) X. 594 Martingale,..a thong of leather, fastened to one end of the girths under a horse's belly, and at the other end to the muss-rol. 1833J. Holland Manuf. Metal II. 312 The snaffle..is derived from the old musrol or watering bit. |