For a young or green (inexperienced) horse, longeing is used to teach a horse to respond to voice commands and the trainer's body language, to accustom them to the feel of a saddle and bridle, and to begin their introduction to the feel of reins and bit pressure.
spoils system - the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power. system of rules, system - a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; they have to operate under a system they oppose; that language has a complex system for indicating gender.
Wiktionary (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: spoil (Noun). (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim. spoil (Noun). Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.