From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbridlebri‧dle1 /ˈbraɪdl/ noun [countable] DSHa set of leather bands put around a horse’s head and used to control its movements
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bridle• Then he heard, faintly but distinctly, the jingle of a bridle.• Then he puts on a bridle and saddle.• Some solo flyers claim never to change bridle settings.• If the rings do not align symmetrically, look for a mark on either bridle.• One of the men turned his horse by seizing its bridle.• Riven hung on to his mount's bridle grimly whilst it bucked and reared in a desperate effort to get away.• Most kite designs specify the bridle line lengths and the attachment points.• The boy walked up to it and pulled its head up with the bridle, leading it out of the trees.bridlebridle2 verb 1 [intransitive] writtenANGRY to become angry and offended about somethingbridle at The senator bridled at the reporter’s question.2 [transitive]DSH to put a bridle on a horse→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
bridle• After three weeks she was still too nervous to groom, too impossible to bridle.• The horses had been bridled and yoked to the car.• We live in a knowledge-based economy, in which educated workers bridle at commands and demand autonomy.• Wasn't Puffy worried that the star sensibilities in the audience might bridle at his parade of skins?• Instead they bridled, told employers to stuff their jobs and walked out, cursing themselves.• Five horses, saddled and bridled, were tied by the reins to branches of trees.• The horse looked at him tranquilly, neither startled nor afraid, and suffered himself to be bridled without the least trouble.bridle at• The coach bridled at suggestions that he'd made mistakes in the last game.Origin bridle1 Old English bridel 