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Terret vs Terrel - What's the difference?

terret | terrel |

As nouns the difference between terret and terrel

is that terret is one of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass while terrel is a spherical magnet positioned so that its poles, equator, etc., correspond to those of the Earth.

terret

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass.
  • *1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
  • *:She had a good idea of what was coming, and the moment York took the rein off the terret in order to shorten it, she took her opportunity, and reared up so suddenly, that York had his nose roughly hit, and his hat knocked off
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    terrel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A spherical magnet positioned so that its poles, equator, etc., correspond to those of the Earth.
    • (Chambers)
    (Webster 1913)