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• bridle — [brīd′ l] n. [ME & OE bridel < bregdan, move quickly: see BRAID] 1. a head harness for guiding a horse: it consists of headstall, bit, and reins 2. anything resembling a horse s bridle 3. anything that controls or restrains 4. FRENUM 5 …   English World dictionary

• bridle-wise — ☆ bridle wise [brīd′ lwīz΄ ] adj. trained to obey the pressure of the reins on the neck instead of the pull on the bit * * * …   Universalium

• bridle-wise — ☆ bridle wise [brīd′ lwīz΄ ] adj. trained to obey the pressure of the reins on the neck instead of the pull on the bit …   English World dictionary

• Bridle — A bridle is a piece of equipment used to control a horse. The bridle fits over a horse s head, and has the purpose of controlling the horse. It holds a bit in the horse s mouth. As defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, a bridle includes a… …   Wikipedia

• bridle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bridel, from Old English brīdel; akin to Old English bregdan to move quickly more at braid Date: before 12th century 1. the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit and reins 2. a length of …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pull — Synonyms and related words: abandon, accomplish, adduct, adduction, affinity, allure, allurement, amperage, appeal, apprehend, armipotence, arrest, arrive, assume, attack, attract, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, authority …   Moby Thesaurus

• bridle — 1. noun a) The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins. the horseman, who is the user of bridles and knows their use; b) A length of line or ca …   Wiktionary

• bridle — Synonyms and related words: Oregon boat, anchor, anger, arrest, back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bed, bed down, bellyband, bilbo, bind, bit, blinders, blinds, boil over, bond, bonds, break, breeching, bridle up, bristle, bristle up, brush,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• pull in — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, achieve, apprehend, approach, arrest, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, attain, attain to, be received, bit, blow in, bob up, bridle, bust, check, check in, clock in, collar, come, come in, come to, come to… …   Moby Thesaurus

• bridle — [OE] The Old English word was brīdel, which came from the same source (Germanic *bregd ) as braid. The basic meaning element of this was something like ‘pull or twitch jerkily from side to side’, so the application to bridle, which one pulls on… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• bridle — [OE] The Old English word was brīdel, which came from the same source (Germanic *bregd ) as braid. The basic meaning element of this was something like ‘pull or twitch jerkily from side to side’, so the application to bridle, which one pulls on… …   Word origins