canon bit

noun

Etymology

From French canon, from Latin canon (“a rule”).

  1. derived from canon — “a rule
  2. derived from canon

Definitions

  1. The part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.

    • […] A goodly person, and could menage faire His stubborne steed with curbed canon bit
    • blind the disunions of complaining nature in chains together, and curb them with a canon bit

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for canon bit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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