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Webster 1913 Edition

(-p?sˊ)

Noun.

(a)

A piece or part which passes over the head, as in a bridle.

(b)

A coin [In sense

(b)

properly crown piece.] See

, 19.

The crownpiece runs over the horse's poll, and the browband across the forehead. The cheekpieces run down the sides of the horse's face.

crownpiece ‎(plural crownpieces)

A strap in the bridle that goes over the horse's head just behind the animal's ears.

part of bridle