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1. [The title of the first Lord Weymouth, by whom the tree was extensively planted after its introduction into England in 1705] Weymouth Pine, the American white pine, Pinus Strobus.
[1731P. Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Pinus, Pinus Americana,..Lord Weymouth's Pine.] 1766Complete Farmer s.v. Aphernousli, The white Canada-pine, which is better known in England by the name of Weymouth-pine. 1781Westminster Mag. IX. 133 The Weymouth-pine has been long naturalized here; the patriarch plant still existing at Longleat. 1791W. Gilpin Forest Scenery I. 82 The Weymouth-pine has very little picturesque beauty to recommend it. 1862Ansted Channel Isl. iv. xxi. (ed. 2) 496 The Weymouth pine, the stone pine,..and the larch, are all occasionally seen. 1882Garden 16 Sept. 251/2 Weymouth Pine, Scotch Spruce, and Silver Fir timber sold at a low figure.
2. Horse-riding. Designating a type of curb bit (see quot. 1963) or a double bridle comprising this bit and a snaffle with two sets of reins.
1792T. H. Morland Every Man his Own Judge 70 A Weymouth bridle, with bit, and bradoon, is in my opinion preferable to any other sort for the road. 1919R. S. Timmis Notes on Riding & Driving iii. 39 A few good snaffles, both racing and exercising (with cross-pieces outside the cheek), and a Weymouth or a Pelham bit and bridoon are all that are necessary for practically all horses. 1938F. C. Hitchcock To Horse! ix. 274 The only objection to a double bridle is that its use entails two separate mouthpieces in the horse's mouth. The usual pattern bit used is called the Weymouth. 1946M. C. Self Horseman's Encycl. 433 The Weymouth bridle consists of a bit and bridoon. It is the bridle most usually used for the finished saddle horse. 1963Bloodgood & Santini Horseman's Dict. 21 Weymouth or Ward Union bit, bit consisting of straight, moderately long cheek-pieces, stationary or sliding mouthpiece, either straight or with a slight Muller or Cambridge port. Simplest of all curb bits and most generally used. 1965C. E. G. Hope Riding v. 59 The curb used with a double bridle, known as the Weymouth or Ward Union, invariably has a plain port mouth. |