muzzle

Definitions

• The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws; the snout
• The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from as opposed to the breech.
• A device used to prevent animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.
• (chiefly) A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached; bridle
• (obsolete) An openwork covering for the nose, used for the defense of the horse, and forming part of the bards in the 15th and 16th centuries.