Definition of bridle

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Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.

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Ebrillade :: Ebrillade (n.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn..
Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A mooring hawser.
Unbridled :: Unbridled (a.) Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions..
Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..
Bitless :: Bitless (a.) Not having a bit or bridle.
Bridle :: Bridle (n.) The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages..
Bridler :: Bridler (n.) One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with a bridle..
Bridle Iron :: Bridle iron () A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had; -- called also stirrup and hanger..
Snaffle :: Snaffle (v. t.) To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.
Bridle :: Bridle (v. t.) To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to bridle a horse..
Bridoon :: Bridoon (n.) The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein..
Boss :: Boss (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus..
Bridle :: Bridle (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..
Ungovernable :: Ungovernable (a.) Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions..
Musrol :: Musrol (n.) The nose band of a horse's bridle.
Crownpiece :: Crownpiece (n.) A piece or part which passes over the head, as in a bridle..
Effrenation :: Effrenation (n.) Unbridled license; unruliness.
Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar..
Noseband :: Noseband (n.) That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.
Bit :: Bit (v.) The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened..
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