When you're riding a horse and scream "Whoa!" to make it stop, you're pulling on the reins, which are attached to a thing called the bridle, the buckled straps around a horse's head that help you control its movements.
The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.
Noun
the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"
Noun
headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
Verb
respond to the reins, as of horses
Verb
put a bridle on; "bridle horses"
n.
The head gear with which a horse is governed and
restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other
appendages.
n.
A restraint; a curb; a check.
n.
The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in
place the tumbler, sear, etc.
n.
A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so
that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle.
n.
A mooring hawser.
v. t.
To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to
bridle a horse.
v. t.
To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a
bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to
bridle a muse.
v. i.
To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an
expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; --
usually with up.
Bridle
Bridle
He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist.2.
Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation.
Bridle
By her bridling up I perceived she expected to be treated hereafter not as Jenny Distaff, but Mrs. Tranquillus.
The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.
To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle;
To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; -- usually with up.
Usage Examples
Put a bridle on thy tongue set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.
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Other Usage ExamplesMy great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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