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.
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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
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headstall English
Noun
( en noun)
The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.3:
*:Another, that would seeme to have more wit, / Him by the bright embrodered hed-stall tooke […].
*1989 , (Keith Bosley), translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala , XIX:
*:Then the smith Ilmarinen / the everlasting craftsman / out of steel formed a bridle / forged a headstall of iron […].
Synonyms
* headpiece
* headcollar
References
Baranowski, Zdzislaw, "The International Horseman's Dictionary", Pitman Publishing, New York, 1955
Stratton, Charles, "The International Horseman's Dictionary", Hamlyn Publishing, Melbourne, 1975
Summerhayes, R.S., "Encyclopedia for Horsemen", Frederick Warne & Co., London and New York, 1966
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