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bridle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | headgear |
Examples of bridle
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What's more, they would bridle at the suggestion that monetary union is failing.
From the guardian.co.uk
Eight Belles owner Rick Porter held his filly's bridle after she was euthanized.
From the kentucky.com
On arrival at a bridle gate after a third of a mile, pass through and turn left.
From the theargus.co.uk
Even the Reagan Administration now is searching for ways to bridle the practice.
From the businessweek.com
Somehow the very small ring that held the gold chain to the bridle was missing.
From the tennessean.com
Kerry Kuhn rides his horse without a bridle in a training pen in Barber County.
From the kansas.com
Besides this the harness of each horse consisted of a bridle and a pair of reins.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Louis, though, resplendent in his best saddle and bridle, clearly had other ideas.
From the independent.co.uk
Soon she was dipping her head to have her halter put on, and later her bridle.
From the post-gazette.com
- Anger or take offense; "She bridled at his suggestion to elope"
- Headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
- Put a bridle on; "bridle horses"
- The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"
- Respond to the reins, as of horses
- A bridle is a piece of equipment used to direct a horse. As defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, the "bridle" includes both the headstall that holds a bit that goes in the mouth of a horse, and the reins that are attached to the bit.
- The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins; A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging on a kite for attaching line; To put a bridle on; To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a ...
- (BRIDLES) Controlling and guiding element. A bridled "horse" would be a controlled or guided doctrine or teaching.
- (Bridles) The upper part of the Moorings laid in harbours for Men of War. Also Ropes attached from the Leeches of the square Sails to the Bowlines.
