bosal
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish bosal, variant of bozal (“noseband; slave”). (The sense "noseband" is specifically via Mexican Spanish and was originally found in the Southwestern US.)[1] Doublet of bozal and bossale.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bosal (plural bosals)
- A type of noseband used on a horse.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of bozal or bossale (slave born in Africa and recently brought to a colony).
- 2009, Bernard Bailyn, Patricia L Denault, Soundings in Atlantic History, page 108:
- At about the same time Christian Georg Andreas Oldendorp, a Moravian missionary in the Danish West Indies, recorded that some Kongos on the island performed "a certain type of baptism on the bosals [recently arrived slaves] who desire it."
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “bosal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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Noun edit
bosal m (plural bosales)