a set of leather bands, attached to reins, which is put around a horse’s head and used for controlling it She held his stirrup for him while Adam took the bridle. Wordfinderhorsebridle, gallop, harness, horse, paddock, rein, stable, stirrup, tack, thoroughbred Oxford Collocations DictionaryBridle is used before these nouns: path See full entry See related entries: Equine sports Word OriginOld English brīdel (noun), brīdlian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch breidel (noun). Sense (2) of the verb use is from the action of a horse when reined in.
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