(from the article `horsemanship`) The noseband, a strap of the bridle that encircles the horse`s nose, may be either a cavesson, with a headpiece and rings for attaching a long ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/40
Leather noseband (customarily used with the English snaffle bridle) which encourages the horse to keep its mouth closed; a longeing cavesson is a leather or nylon headstall with a weighted noseband that has metal rings for various attachments of the longe line Part of the bridle that goes over the nose and under the horse's jaw Found on http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Articles/HorseGlossary.html