bridle
noun/ˈbraɪdl/
/ˈbraɪdl/
- 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.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBridle is used before these nouns:- path
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.Definitions on the go
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