Definition of bridle

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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..

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Bit :: Bit (v. t.) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.
Loriner :: Loriner (n.) A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler..
Crownpiece :: Crownpiece (n.) A piece or part which passes over the head, as in a bridle..
Eyeflap :: Eyeflap (n.) A blinder on a horse's bridle.
Mouth :: Mouth (n.) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal..
Cringle :: Cringle (n.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc..
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..
Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A mooring hawser.
Rein :: Rein (n.) The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse..
Noseband :: Noseband (n.) That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.
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..
Bridle :: Bridle (n.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc..
Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.
Cheek :: Cheek (n.) The branches of a bridle bit.
Headstall :: Headstall (n.) That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.
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..
Unbridle :: Unbridle (v. t.) To free from the bridle; to set loose.
Bridle :: Bridle (v. t.) To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to bridle a horse..
Scatch :: Scatch (n.) A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth.
Chak :: Chak (v. i.) To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle..
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