Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bosal

/boʊˈsæl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: bosal
IPA: /boʊˈsæl/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of noseband used on a horse.

noun

Alternative form of bozal or bossale (slave born in Africa and recently brought to a colony).

Example Sentences

"At about the same time Christian Georg Andreas Oldendorp, a Moravian missionary in the Danish West Indies, recorded that some Kongos on the island performed "a certain type of baptism on the bosals [recently arrived slaves] who desire it.""

Etymology

From Spanish bosal, variant of bozal (“noseband; slave”). (The sense "noseband" is specifically via Mexican Spanish and was originally found in the Southwestern US.) Doublet of bozal and bossale.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: bosal, -

Inflected Forms

bosals (plural)

Homonyms

bossale

Questions

How do you pronounce bosal?: The recorded pronunciation is /boʊˈsæl/.
What does bosal mean?: A type of noseband used on a horse.
Where does bosal come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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