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nosebag

nosebag

1 9.6
A small bag put over an animal's nose to hold food while it eats
  • noun
  • /ˈnoʊzˌbæɡ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : manguito
  • The horses were munching in their nosebags, enjoying their meals without spilling any food.

Examples

  • A nostalgic "nosebag time".

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The farmer placed a nosebag on the mule to ensure it could eat without being disturbed by the others.

  • Rees got Bessie settled in with fresh water and a nosebag filled with delicious oats.

Synonyms

feedbag
vsnosebag
  • Archaic
3 6.4

A cloth or canvas bag that fits over a horse's nose to hold food

has the same meaning and typical canvas construction

How Practical

self-feeder
  • Specialized
7.3
nosebag
  • Specialized
1 9.6
manger
22 5.4
pan
268 1.0

Surface Forms

nosebag singular
nosebags plural

Morphology

nosebag = nose + bag (transparent) = nose + bag

The meaning is a literal compound of 'nose' + 'bag' (a bag placed over the animal's muzzle to feed it), which is directly inferable from the parts.

Etymology

Nosebag is simply the two words nose and bag put together; it originally meant a bag that fits over an animal's 'nose' so the animal can eat without spilling or fighting for food. So today a nosebag means the little bag an animal wears to eat.