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| bri·dle [ brd'l ] |
noun (plural bri·dles) |
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1. riding harness for horse's head: a set of leather straps fitted to a horse's head and incorporating the bit and the reins
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2. restraining thing: something that acts as a control or restraint
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verb (past and past participle bri·dled, present participle bri·dling, 3rd person present singular bri·dles) |
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1. transitive verb riding fix bridle on horse: to provide a horse with a bridle
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2. intransitive verb show anger or indignation: to react with slight anger or indignation, sometimes by rearing the head
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3. transitive verb exercise control or restraint: to show restraint in expressing a feeling or control in curbing something
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| [ Old English brīdel< Germanic] |
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