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† water-chain Obs.
A chain formerly inserted between the bit and the leather rein of a bridle, to prevent the leather from being rotted by the water when the horse drinks.
1598Florio, Siciliana, the water-cheine of a bit. 1611Speed Hist. Gr. Brit. vii. xlv. §13. 371 The remembrance of which field is retained vnto this day, by certaine small Hilles there remaining, whence haue beene digged the bones of men, Armour, and the water-chaines of horse-bridles. |