The band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head.
synonym: headstall.
Roget 717:
defense,
protection,
guard,
ward;
shielding
etc.
v.;
propugnation†,
preservation
etc.
670;
guardianship.
area defense;
site defense.
self-defense,
self-preservation;
resistance
etc.
719.
safeguard
etc.
(safety)
664;
balistraria†;
bunker,
screen
etc.
(shelter)
666;
camouflage
etc.
(concealment)
530;
fortification;
munition,
muniment†;
trench,
foxhole;
bulwark,
fosse†,
moat,
ditch,
entrenchment,
intrenchment†;
kila†;
dike,
dyke;
parapet,
sunk fence,
embankment,
mound,
mole,
bank,
sandbag,
revetment;
earth work,
field-work;
fence,
wall dead wall,
contravallation†;
paling
etc.
(inclosure)
232;
palisade,
haha,
stockade,
stoccado†,
laager†,
sangar†;
barrier,
barricade;
boom;
portcullis,
chevaux de frise [Fr.];
abatis,
abattis†,
abbatis†;
vallum†,
circumvallation†,
battlement,
rampart,
scarp;
escarp†,
counter-scarp;
glacis,
casemate†;
vallation†,
vanfos†.
buttress,
abutment;
shore
etc.
(support)
215.
breastwork,
banquette,
curtain,
mantlet†,
bastion,
redan†,
ravelin†;
vauntmure†;
advance work,
horn work,
outwork;
barbacan†,
barbican;
redoubt;
fort-elage [Fr.],
fort-alice;
lines.
loophole,
machicolation†;
sally port.
hold,
stronghold,
fastness;
asylum
etc.
(refuge)
666;
keep,
donjon,
dungeon,
fortress,
citadel,
capitol,
castle;
tower of strength,
tower of strength;
fort,
barracoon†,
pah†,
sconce,
martello tower†,
peelhouse†,
blockhouse,
rath†;
wooden walls.
[body armor]
bulletproof vest,
armored vest,
buffer,
corner stone,
fender,
apron,
mask,
gauntlet,
thimble,
carapace,
armor,
shield,
buckler,
aegis,
breastplate,
backplate†,
cowcatcher,
face guard,
scutum†,
cuirass,
habergeon†,
mail,
coat of mail,
brigandine†,
hauberk,
lorication†,
helmet,
helm,
bassinet,
salade†,
heaume†,
morion†,
murrion†,
armet†,
cabaset†,
vizor†,
casquetel†,
siege cap,
headpiece,
casque,
pickelhaube,
vambrace†,
shako
etc.
(dress)
225.
bearskin;
panoply;
truncheon
etc.
(weapon)
727.
garrison,
picket,
piquet;
defender,
protector;
guardian
etc.
(safety)
664;
bodyguard,
champion;
knight-errant,
Paladin;
propugner†.
bulletproof window.
hardened site.
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Roget 450:
intellect,
mind,
understanding,
reason,
thinking principle;
rationality;
cogitative faculties,
cognitive faculties,
discursive faculties,
reasoning faculties,
intellectual faculties;
faculties,
senses,
consciousness,
observation,
percipience,
intelligence,
intellection,
intuition,
association of ideas,
instinct,
conception,
judgment,
wits,
parts,
capacity,
intellectuality,
genius;
brains,
cognitive powers,
intellectual powers;
wit
etc.
498;
ability
etc.
(skill)
698;
wisdom
etc.
498;
Vernunft [G.],
Verstand [G.].
soul,
spirit,
ghost,
inner man,
heart,
breast,
bosom,
penetralia mentis [Lat.],
divina particula aurae [Lat.],
heart's core;
the Absolute,
psyche,
subliminal consciousness,
supreme principle.
brain,
organ of thought,
seat of thought;
sensorium†,
sensory;
head,
headpiece;
pate,
noddle†,
noggin,
skull,
scull,
pericranium [Med.],
cerebrum,
cranium,
brainpan†,
sconce,
upper story.
[in computers] [Comp.]
central processing unit,
CPU;
arithmetic and logical unit,
ALU.
[Science of mind]
metaphysics;
psychics,
psychology;
ideology;
mental philosophy,
moral philosophy;
philosophy of the mind;
pneumatology†,
phrenology;
craniology [Med.],
cranioscopy [Med.].
ideality,
idealism;
transcendentalism,
spiritualism;
immateriality
etc.
317;
universal concept,
universal conception.
metaphysician,
psychologist
etc.
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Roget 498:
intelligence,
capacity,
comprehension,
understanding;
cuteness,
sabe [U.S.],
savvy [U.S.];
intellect
etc.
450;
nous [Fr.],
parts,
sagacity,
mother wit,
wit,
esprit,
gumption,
quick parts,
grasp of intellect;
acuteness
etc.
adj.;
acumen,
subtlety,
penetration,
perspicacy†,
perspicacity;
discernment,
due sense of,
good judgment;
discrimination
etc.
465;
cunning
etc.
702;
refinement
etc.
(taste)
850.
head,
brains,
headpiece,
upper story,
long head;
eagle eye,
eagle-glance;
eye of a lynx,
eye of a hawk.
wisdom,
sapience,
sense;
good sense,
common sense,
horse sense [U.S.],
plain sense;
rationality,
reason;
reasonableness
etc.
adj.;
judgment;
solidity,
depth,
profundity,
caliber;
enlarged views;
reach of thought,
compass of thought;
enlargement of mind.
genius,
inspiration,
geist [G.],
fire of genius,
heaven-born genius,
soul;
talent
etc.
(aptitude)
698.
[Wisdom in action]
prudence
etc.
864;
vigilance
etc.
459;
tact
etc.
698;
foresight
etc.
510;
sobriety,
self-possession,
aplomb,
ballast.
a bright thought,
not a bad idea.
Solomon-like wisdom.
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