bosal
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/boʊˈsæl/
Definition of bosal
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A type of noseband used on a horse.
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noun
- A type of noseband used on a horse.
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(alt-of, alternative, uncommon)Alternative form of bozal or bossale (slave born in Africa and recently brought to a colony).
“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."”
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Etymology
From Spanish bosal, variant of bozal (“noseband; slave”). (The sense "noseband" is specifically via Mexican Spanish and was originally found in the Southwestern US.) Doublet of bozal and bossale.
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