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Bridle   /brˈaɪdəl/   Listen
Bridle

noun
1.
Headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control.
2.
The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess.  Synonyms: check, curb.
verb
(past & past part. bridled; pres. part. bridling)
1.
Anger or take offense.
2.
Put a bridle on.  Antonym: unbridle.
3.
Respond to the reins, as of horses.



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"Bridle" Quotes from Famous Books



... landscape; Joseph, younger than usual, brave and resolute and undismayed by the curious turn in his fortunes; and Mary with the child in her arms, happy and pretty, seated securely on an amiable donkey that has neither bit nor bridle. It is when one looks at Fra Angelico that one understands how wise were the Old Masters to seek their inspiration in the life of Christ. One cannot imagine Fra Angelico's existence in a pagan country. ...
— A Wanderer in Florence • E. V. Lucas
... of Belmont, though I never had a thought of abandoning my mother to want, still I determined, according to the proverb, to let her bite the bridle. Instead of writing, therefore, I waited till she should write ...
— The Adventures of Hugh Trevor • Thomas Holcroft
... gilded domes, have a most imposing effect; but what is the astonishment of the traveller when he commences his ascent up steep, narrow, clumsily-pitched streets. I could only compare them to the worst-constructed bridle-roads in England which the packhorses traversed centuries ago. The three days we were in the city I only saw one or two carriages,—the most curious vehicles; indeed, there is scarcely a street in which two carriages can pass. Donkeys are the chief carriers. As to dogs, they ...
— Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel • John Yeardley
... special groups of nerve-cells which produce directly opposite effects. One of these has the power of accelerating the action of the heart, while the other has the power of retarding or arresting this action. One acts as the spur, the other as the bridle. According as one or the other predominates, the action of the heart will be stimulated or restrained. Among the great modern discoveries in physiology is that of the existence of a distinct centre of inhibition, as the ...
— A Mortal Antipathy • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
... the lovely region about Lulworth Cove. About eight miles from Weymouth the path reaches one of the several Swyre Heads in Dorset. This commands wide views over a remote and seemingly deserted countryside. From this point one may penetrate inland by bridle-ways, in two miles, to the village of Chaldon Herring, situated in a pleasant combe to the North of Chaldon Down. The church is remarkable for the new fittings, all designed by and for the most part the work of, a former incumbent. The Saxon font and Norman chancel ...
— Wanderings in Wessex - An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter • Edric Holmes


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