A strong canvas or leather bag containing fodder, hung from a horse's head.
（挂在马脖子上的）饲料袋
Example sentencesExamples
He drew a nosebag of oats from one of the saddlebags and gave it to the hungry animal.
Yet despite all this there was an air of conservation, the odd glimpse of the Old World in a narrow dingy lane where a dray horse shifted his weight from one hock to the other, blinking lazy lashes above the nosebag containing his lunch.
From that corner, Ivaric realized, there also came a quiet munching sound, as if another horse fed from a nosebag.
‘Because the pilgrims are not the only people here,’ Isobel replied, and pointed down the row of stalls to where a huge black horse was stabled, standing quietly as it ate from its nosebag.
Three horses were munching happily in nosebags nearby.
Definition of nosebag in US English:
nosebag
nounˈnōzˌbaɡˈnoʊzˌbæɡ
another term for feedbag
Example sentencesExamples
Yet despite all this there was an air of conservation, the odd glimpse of the Old World in a narrow dingy lane where a dray horse shifted his weight from one hock to the other, blinking lazy lashes above the nosebag containing his lunch.
Three horses were munching happily in nosebags nearby.
‘Because the pilgrims are not the only people here,’ Isobel replied, and pointed down the row of stalls to where a huge black horse was stabled, standing quietly as it ate from its nosebag.
He drew a nosebag of oats from one of the saddlebags and gave it to the hungry animal.
From that corner, Ivaric realized, there also came a quiet munching sound, as if another horse fed from a nosebag.