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What is a pelham?

What is a pelham? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. a type of bit used on the bridle of a horse, consisting of a mouthpiece, a shank, and two rings on either side
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Backes was arrested on Saturday when he crashed a party on Pelham Boulevard that was hosted by a St. Thomas student.
He photographed the subway, including the real Pelham line, and its constituency in all their glorious degradation.
The Pelham bit seeks to combine the actions of both the curb bit and snaffle or bridoon bit, without the need for using two bits, as in the double bridle.
Pelham used artillery brought by sea and within two days had battered down the bawn and the western landward side of the castle.
Pelham Humfrey and Purcell brought a new, incisive style of string music to the Chapel Royal anthem as violins replaced the old viols.
Mr. Pelham was the only one among us who was not backing a colour, or a number, or paire or impaire, or manque or passe.

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