noun. A harness, consisting of a headstall, bit, and reins, fitted about a horse's head and used to restrain or guide the animal.

noun. A curb or check.

noun. A span of chain, wire, or rope that can be secured at both ends to an object and slung from its center point.

intransitive verb. To put a bridle on.

intransitive verb. To control or restrain: synonym: restrain.

intransitive verb. To lift the head and draw in the chin in anger or resentment.

intransitive verb. To be angry or resentful; take offense.

noun. That portion of the gear or harness of a horse (or other animal similarly used) which is fitted to its head, and by which it is governed and restrained, consisting usually of a head-stall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages, according to its particular form and uses. See cut under harness.

noun. An old instrument of punishment and restraint for scolds: a simpler form of the branks.

noun. Figuratively, a restraint; a curb; a check.

noun. The piece in the interior of a gun-lock which covers and holds in place the tumbler and sear, being itself held by the screws on which they turn. See cut under gun-lock.

noun. The piece on the end of a plow-beam to which the draftshackle is attached; the clevis. Also called muzzle or plow-head.

noun. In machinery, a link, flange, or other attachment for limiting the movement of any part of a machine.

noun. Nautical, a chain or rope span both ends of which are made fast, the strain or power being applied to the bight.

noun. In pathology, a small band attaching two parts to each other, as two serous surfaces after inflammation, or the sides of the urethra after urethritis, or stretched across a pustule or vesicle, modifying its shape.

noun. In anatomy, a frenum (which see).

To connect; join as by a bridle: as draft-rollers (in cotton-manufacturing) that are yoked together.

To put a bridle on: as, to brīdle a horse.

To restrain, guide, or govern; check, curb, or control: as, to bridle the passions.

Synonyms To repress, master, subdue.

To hold the head up, in the manner of a spirited horse under a strong rein, especially as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; assume a lofty manner so as to assert one's dignity or express indignation; toss the head; strut: generally with up.

noun. An arrangement by which a large kite, used in aërial observations, is attached to the steel wire by which it is held.

noun. A device for controlling the speed of logs on a skid-road.

noun. In certain cephalopods, one of the bands which attach the funnel to the head.

noun. In pianoforte-making. Same as bridle-tape.

noun. The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.

noun. A restraint; a curb; a check.

noun. The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.

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noun. A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle.

noun. A mooring hawser.

noun. See under Bowline.

noun. See under Branch.

noun. a cable which is bent to a bridle. See 4, above.

noun. the hand which holds the bridle in riding; the left hand.

noun. a path or way for saddle horses and pack horses, as distinguished from a road for vehicles.

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noun. a porthole or opening in the bow through which hawsers, mooring or bridle cables, etc., are passed.

noun. a rein attached to the bit.

noun. A road in a pleasure park reserved for horseback exercise.

noun. a bridle path.

noun. See Branks, 2.

transitive verb. To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle.

transitive verb. To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control.

intransitive verb. To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; -- usually with up.

noun. The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.

noun. 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.

verb. To put a bridle on.

verb. To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.

verb. To show hostility or resentment.

"Jenny twitched the bridle from the perspiring groom and minced up to the prisoner."

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