martingale /märˈtin-gāl/

1. A strap passing between a horse's forelegs, fastened to the girth and to the bit, noseband or reins, to keep its head down
2. A short spar under the bowsprit (nautical)
3. (in gambling) the policy of doubling the stake on losing

• paparazzi
• paparazzo
• papas
• Papaver
• Papaveraceae
• papaveraceous
• papaverine
• papaverines
• papaverous
• papaw
• papaws
• papaya
• papayas
• pap-boat
• pap-boats
• pape
• paper
• paperback
• paperbacked
• paperbacking
• paperbacks
• paperbark
• paperbarks
• paper-birch
• paper-birches