capistrare

capistrare [CL] 1 to accustom to the halter, break in. b (fig.) to restrain, check. 1306 invenire facias haracio nostro ‥ et ij pullanis nostris ibidem ~atis pro sella nostra fenum et avenam Cl 123 m. 1; 1315 in vj capistris de novo emptis ad predictos pullanos ~andos, prec’ capistri viij d. KR Ac 99/14 m. 1 (cf. ib.: ~ati fuerunt viij pullani in viij capistris emptis).  b si tibi commissa fuerit balliva, benignus / esto commonachis; te non pituita capistret D. Bec. 1826; dux ‥ hostiles exitus ‥ militari industria ~avit Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 64. 2 (p. ppl.) adapted to serve as a bit or gag. ore obdurato ‥ cum machinula ad formam asperi freni ~ata et dentata G. Steph. I 29.