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Bridle vs Caparison - What's the difference?

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Bridle is a related term of caparison.


As nouns the difference between bridle and caparison

is that bridle is the headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins while caparison is the often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.

As verbs the difference between bridle and caparison

is that bridle is to put a bridle on while caparison is to dress up a horse or elephant with ornamental coverings.

bridle

English

(wikipedia bridle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês," Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92, p. 457:
    • the horseman, who is the user of bridles and knows their use
  • (figurative) A restraint; a curb; a check.
  • 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.
  • A mooring hawser.
  • A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.

    • Derived terms

    * bridle path * bridlewise

    Verb

    (bridl)
  • To put a bridle on.
  • * Drake
    • He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist.
  • To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue .
  • * Burke
    • Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation.
  • To show hostility or resentment.
    • Immigrant-rights and religious organizations bridled at the plan to favor highly skilled workers over relatives.'' (''Houston Chronicle , 6/8/2007)

    Derived terms

    * unbridle

    Synonyms

    * restrain

    caparison

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.
  • * 1861 , Charlotte Guest, translator, .
    • And the green of the caparison of the horse, and of his rider, was as green as the leaves of the fir-tree, and the yellow was as yellow as the blossom of the broom.
  • Gay or rich clothing.
  • * Smollett
    • My heart groans beneath the gay caparison .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dress up a horse or elephant with ornamental coverings.
  • * 1593 , Shakespeare, Richard III , .
    • Come, bustle, bustle; caparison my horse

    See also

    * ("caparison" on Wikipedia)