bridle

English

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a horse with a bridle

Etymology

From Old English brīdel, from Proto-Germanic *brigdilaz

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪdəl

Noun

bridle (plural bridles)

1. The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
   • 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês," Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92, p. 457:

     . . . the horseman, who is the user of bridles and knows their use

2. A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging on a kite for attaching line.

Derived terms

• bridle path
• bridlewise

Translations

headgear for horse

• Albanian: fre (sq)
• Arabic: لجام (ar) (lijām) m
• Armenian: սանձ (hy) (sanj)
• Aromanian: frãnu (rup), fãrnu (rup)
• Belarusian: вуздэчка (be) (vuzdéčka) f
• Bulgarian: юзда (bg) (juzdá) f
• Catalan: brida (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轡 (cmn), 辔 (cmn) (pèi), 轡頭 (cmn), 辔头 (cmn) (pèitóu), 馬籠頭 (cmn), 马笼头 (cmn) (mǎlóngtóu)

• Czech: uzda (cs) f
• Dalmatian: braina f
• Dutch: hoofdstel (nl) n
• Finnish: suitset (fi)
• French: bride (fr)
• Friulian: brene f
• German: Zaumzeug (de) n
• Greek: χαλινάρι (el) (chalinári) n
• Hungarian: kantár (hu)
• Ido: brido (io)

• Italian: briglia (it)
• Japanese: 手綱 (ja) (たづな, tadzuna)
• Jèrriais: bridot m
• Latin: frēnum (la) n
• Macedonian: узда (mk) (úzda) f
• Norwegian: bissel n, hodelag n
• Polish: uzda (pl) f, ogłowie (pl) n, tranzelka (pl) f
• Portuguese: brida (pt) f
• Romanian: frâu (ro)
• Russian: узда (ru) (uzdá) f, уздечка (ru) (uzdéčka) f
• Sardinian: frenu (sc)
• Scottish Gaelic: srian (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: узде (sh) f pl

  Roman: uzde (sh) f pl

• Slovak: uzda (sk) f
• Slovene: uzda (sl) f
• Spanish: brida (es) f
• Ukrainian: вуздечка (uk) (vuzdéčka) f

Verb

bridle (third-person singular simple present bridles, present participle bridling, simple past and past participle bridled)

1. (transitive) To put a bridle on.
2. (transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.
3. (intransitive) To show hostility or resentment.

   Immigrant-rights and religious organizations bridled at the plan to favor highly skilled workers over relatives. (Houston Chronicle, 6/8/2007)

Derived terms

• unbridle

Translations

To put a bridle on.

• Dutch: breidelen (nl)
• French: brider (fr)

• Turkish: gemlemek (tr)

To check, restrain.

• Dutch: intomen (nl),in bedwang houden (nl)

• French: brider (fr), refréner (fr)

To show hostility.

• Dutch: gepikeerd reageren (nl),zich vijandig opstellen (nl)

• French: être susceptible (fr), réagir de manière piquée (fr)

Synonyms

• restrain