BRIDLE
\bɹˈa͡ɪdə͡l], \bɹˈaɪdəl], \b_ɹ_ˈaɪ_d_əl]\
Definitions of BRIDLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
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respond to the reins, as of horses
By Princeton University
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headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
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respond to the reins, as of horses
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.
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A restraint; a curb; a check.
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The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
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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.
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A mooring hawser.
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To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to bridle a horse.
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To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.
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A restraint; a curb; a check.
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The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
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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.
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A mooring hawser.
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To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to bridle a horse.
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To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The headstall, bit, and reins by which a horse is managed; a restraint.
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To put a bit and reins on; to control; to guide.
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To hold the head up, or toss it, as a sign of pride, scorn, or anger.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. Frenum. 2. A band of fibrous material stretching across the surface of an ulcer or other lesion or forming adhesions between opposing serous or mucous surfaces.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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The instrument on a horse's head, by which it is controlled: any curb or restraint.
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To put on or manage by a bridle: to check or restrain.
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To hold up the head proudly or affectedly.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To put a bridle on; check; curb; control.
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To raise the head and draw in the chin, as through resentment, etc.
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The head-harness of a horse, including bit and reins; any check; curb.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The bit and reins by which a horse is managed and restrained by its rider; a curb; a check.
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To put a bridle upon; to guide by a bridle; to check; to control.
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To hold up the head and draw in the chin in real or affected pride or scorn.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The bit and reins by which a rider is able to guide and restrain a horse; any restraint or check; a curb.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A band or filament stretching from one part to another, whether normal or pathological. See also frenum. [Ang.- Sax.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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