noseband

Questions about noseband

What does noseband mean?

noseband means "a strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose".

How many syllables are in noseband?

noseband has 3 syllables and divides as no-se-band under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for noseband?

Close synonyms include nosepiece. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is noseband a common word?

noseband is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.