eggbutt
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
On a snaffle with a T-shaped mouthpiece, the egg-shaped side ring that connects to it.
Example Sentences
- "After a time he decided that Sinbad needed lunging, and an eggbutt snaffle with a drop noseband."
- "The dee cheek and the eggbutt developed, in that order, from the cheek snaffle."
- "Eggbutt snaffle: A snaffle with special hinges to the rings designed to avoid pinching the horse’s lips"
- "Since the eggbutt rings are fixed they cannot pinch the side of the face or lips."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
eggbutts (plural)