Definitions for bridles

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bridles bri·dle

Spelling: [brahyd-l]

IPA: /ˈbraɪd l/

Bridles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 235 anagrams from letters in bridles (bdeilrs).

Definitions for bridles

noun

1. part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
2. anything that restrains or curbs:
3. Machinery. a link, flange, or other attachment for limiting the movement of any part of a machine.
4. Nautical. a rope or chain secured at both ends to an object to be held, lifted, or towed, and itself held or lifted by a rope or chain secured at its center.
5. a raising up of the head, as in disdain.

verb (used with object)

1. to put a bridle on.
2. to control or hold back; restrain; curb.

verb (used without object)

1. to draw up the head and draw in the chin, as in disdain or resentment.

Origin of bridles

before 900; Middle English bridel, Old English brīdel for brigdels, equivalent to brigd- (variant stem of bregdan to braid) + -els noun suffix; akin to Dutch breidel

Examples for bridles

Alleyne, you will come with me, and lead a spare horse by the bridle.

Israelis may bridle at the vision of a Palestinian state which looks like militias riding in on Jeeps and firing-off rifles.

Why didn't you do as I told you—hang to the bridle and fight Denver off with your whip?

Stephen caught the bridle, and Ambrose helped the burgess into the saddle.

Take my bridle off the wall, you, Jeff, and throw it at my feet.

The retelling developed quite a following, bridle not included.

Langdon took Diablo by the bridle rein and led him in toward the stalls.

Shandy gave the bridle a swing, and it clattered to the floor from its peg.

bridle printed two years' worth of posts in a book, My Life in Tweets, through a self-publishing service.

"It is well," said he, and with a shake of the bridle rode on down the woodland path.