bridling

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

bridling

  1. present participle and gerund of bridle

Noun[edit]

bridling (plural bridlings)

  1. The act of one who bridles.
    • 1809-1812, Maria Edgeworth, Tales of Fashionable Life
      […] with infinite difficulty in bringing herself to speak on such a subject, after inconceivable bridlings of the head, and contortions of every muscle of her neck, she insinuated to him her fears […]

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