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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :   [ easton ]

  Bridle
     Three Hebrew words are thus rendered in the Authorized Version.
     (1.) Heb. _mahsom'_ signifies a muzzle or halter or bridle, by
     which the rider governs his horse (Ps.39:1).
     
       (2.) _Me'theg_, rendered also "bit" in Ps. 32:9, which is its
     proper meaning. Found in 2 Kings 19:28, where the restraints of
     God's providence are metaphorically styled his "bridle" and
     "hook." God's placing a "bridle in the jaws of the people" (Isa.
     30:28; 37:29) signifies his preventing the Assyrians from
     carrying out their purpose against Jerusalem.
     
       (3.) Another word, _re'sen_, was employed to represent a
     halter or bridle-rein, as used Ps. 32:9; Isa. 30:28. In Job
     30:11 the restraints of law and humanity are called a bridle.
     

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Bridle \Bri"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bridled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bridling.]
     1. To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to
        bridle a horse.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist. --Drake.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle;
        to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to
        bridle a muse. --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel
              in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that
              consolidation.                        --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To check; restrain; curb; govern; control; repress;
          master; subdue.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Bridle \Bri"dle\, n. [OE. bridel, AS. bridel; akin to OHG.
     britil, brittil, D. breidel, and possibly to E. braid. Cf.
     Bridoon.]
     1. The head gear with which a horse is governed and
        restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins,
        with other appendages.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A restraint; a curb; a check. --I. Watts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Gun.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which
        holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Naut.)
        (a) A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends,
            so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached
            to its middle.
        (b) A mooring hawser.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Bowline bridle. See under Bowline.
  
     Branches of a bridle. See under Branch.
  
     Bridle cable (Naut.), a cable which is bent to a bridle.
        See 4, above.
  
     Bridle hand, the hand which holds the bridle in riding; the
        left hand.
  
     Bridle path, Bridle way, a path or way for saddle horses
        and pack horses, as distinguished from a road for
        vehicles.
  
     Bridle port (Naut.), a porthole or opening in the bow
        through which hawsers, mooring or bridle cables, etc., are
        passed.
  
     Bridle rein, a rein attached to the bit.
  
     Bridle road.
        (a) Same as Bridle path. --Lowell.
        (b) A road in a pleasure park reserved for horseback
            exercise.
  
     Bridle track, a bridle path.
  
     Scolding bridle. See Branks, 2.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: A check; restrain.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Bridle \Bri"dle\, v. i.
     To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression
     of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; --
     usually with up. ``His bridling neck.'' --Wordsworth.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           By her bridling up I perceived she expected to be
           treated hereafter not as Jenny Distaff, but Mrs.
           Tranquillus.                             --Tatler.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bridle \Bri"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bridled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bridling.]
     1. To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to
        bridle a horse.
  
              He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist. --Drake.
  
     2. To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle;
        to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to
        bridle a muse. --Addison.
  
              Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel
              in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that
              consolidation.                        --Burke.
  
     Syn: To check; restrain; curb; govern; control; repress;
          master; subdue.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bridle \Bri"dle\, n. [OE. bridel, AS. bridel; akin to OHG.
     britil, brittil, D. breidel, and possibly to E. braid. Cf.
     Bridoon.]
     1. The head gear with which a horse is governed and
        restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins,
        with other appendages.
  
     2. A restraint; a curb; a check. --I. Watts.
  
     3. (Gun.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which
        holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
  
     4. (Naut.)
        (a) A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends,
            so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached
            to its middle.
        (b) A mooring hawser.
  
     Bowline bridle. See under Bowline.
  
     Branches of a bridle. See under Branch.
  
     Bridle cable (Naut.), a cable which is bent to a bridle.
        See 4, above.
  
     Bridle hand, the hand which holds the bridle in riding; the
        left hand.
  
     Bridle path, Bridle way, a path or way for saddle horses
        and pack horses, as distinguished from a road for
        vehicles.
  
     Bridle port (Naut.), a porthole or opening in the bow
        through which hawsers, mooring or bridle cables, etc., are
        passed.
  
     Bridle rein, a rein attached to the bit.
  
     Bridle road.
        (a) Same as Bridle path. --Lowell.
        (b) A road in a pleasure park reserved for horseback
            exercise.
  
     Bridle track, a bridle path.
  
     Scolding bridle. See Branks, 2.
  
     Syn: A check; restrain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bridle \Bri"dle\, v. i.
     To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression
     of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; --
     usually with up. ``His bridling neck.'' --Wordsworth.
  
           By her bridling up I perceived she expected to be
           treated hereafter not as Jenny Distaff, but Mrs.
           Tranquillus.                             --Tatler.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  bridle
       n 1: headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins
            to give the rider or driver control
       2: the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;
          "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper" [syn: check,
           curb]
       v 1: put a bridle on; "bridle horses"
       2: respond to the reins, as of horses

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bridle
     Αγγλικά n.
     χαλινάρι
     Αγγλικά vb.
     τιθασεύω, χαλιναγωγώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bridle
     n.
     (lb en equestrian) The headgear with which a horse is directed and
  which carries a bit and reins.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To put a bridle on.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  bridle
     n.
     (lb en equestrian) The headgear with which a horse is directed and
  which carries a bit and reins.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To put a bridle on.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  bridle
     n.
     (lb en equestrian) The headgear with which a horse is directed and
  which carries a bit and reins.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To put a bridle on.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  bridle
     n.
     (lb en equestrian) The headgear with which a horse is directed and
  which carries a bit and reins.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To put a bridle on.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bridle
     Englanti n.
     suitset
     Englanti vb.
     1 suitsia, panna hevoselle suitset
     2 (yhteys kuva k=en) suitsia, hillitä jonkun toimintaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bridle
     Engelska n.
     1 betsel
     2 (tagg bildligt språk=en) tygel
     Engelska vb.
     1 betsla
     2 (tagg bildligt språk=en) tygla

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/
  bedwing

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/
  اللّجام

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  bridle //ˈbɹaɪdəl// 
  юзда́, юзда
  headgear for horse

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  bridle //ˈbɹaɪdəl// 
  обуздавам
  to check, restrain

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/ 
  uzda

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/ 
  ffrwyno 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/
  Hilfsschirmverbindungsleine  [mil.]
     Synonyms: bridle cord, bridle line
  
   see: bridles, bridle cords, bridle lines
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/
  Zaumzeug , Zaum 
     Synonym: headgear
  
   see: bridle
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/ 
  ein Pferd im Zaum halten, zäumen, aufzäumen
   see: headgear, bridle
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/
  
  χαλινώνω, χαλινάρι, χαλιναγωγώ

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  bridle //ˈbɹaɪdəl// 
  suitset, päitset
  headgear for horse

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  bridle //ˈbɹaɪdəl// 
  1. suitsia 2.
  to check, restrain
   3.
  to put a bridle on
  2. vastustaa
  to show hostility

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  bridle /braidl/
  1. réprimer, retenir
  2. bride

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/ 
  1. लगाम
        "His common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/ 
  1. लगाम~देना
        "Bridle horses"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/
  bremza, kočnica, spojnica, uzda, zaustaviti, zauzdati

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/
  kantár

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  bridle //ˈbɹaɪdəl// 
  kekang
  headgear for horse

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  bridle //ˈbɹaɪdəl// 
  手綱
  headgear for horse

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  bridle /ˈbraɪdəl/
  I.    ogłowie, uzda
  II.   1.  kiełznać
   2.  zesztywnieć

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  bridle /braidl/
  1. entravar, frear, moderar, pôrfreioem, serenar
  2. entrave, freio

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  bridle /braidl/
  contener, reprimir

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  bridle //ˈbɹaɪdəl// 
  betsel
  headgear for horse

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  bridle //ˈbɹaɪdəl// 
  betsla 2.
  to put a bridle on
   3.
  to check, restrain

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/
  1. eyerin atın başına isabet eden kısmı
  2. gem
  3. bağ
  4. (den.) iki gemi demirini birleştiren zincir veya halat. bridle hand dizgini tutan el, sol el. bridle path atlılara mahsus yol. bridle rein dizgin.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  bridle /bɹˈaɪdəl/
  1. gem vurmak, dizginlemek
  2. hareketlerini sınırlamak
  3. baş kaldırmak
  4. karşı gelmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbɹaɪdəɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  193 Moby Thesaurus words for "bridle":
     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, camisole, caparison, cavesson, chain,
     chains, check, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, cinch, collar,
     condescend, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, crownband,
     crupper, cuffs, curb, curry, currycomb, curtail, deal with,
     decelerate, dompt, drench, enchain, enjoin, entrammel, fasten,
     feed, fetter, flip out, fodder, gag, gag swivel, gentle, get mad,
     get sore, girth, govern, groom, guard, gyve, gyves, hackamore,
     halter, hames, hametugs, hamper, handcuff, handcuffs, handle,
     harness, headgear, headstall, hinder, hip straps, hitch, hitch up,
     hobble, hobbles, hog-tie, hold, hold at bay, hold back, hold down,
     hold fast, hold in, hold in check, hold in leash, hold up, hook up,
     hopple, hopples, inhibit, irons, jaquima, jerk line, keep,
     keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep under control,
     lash, lay under restraint, leading strings, leash, lines, litter,
     make fast, manacle, manage, martingale, milk, mince, mince it,
     moor, muzzle, noseband, patronize, peg down, picket, pillory,
     pin down, pinion, pole strap, prink, prohibit, pull, pull in,
     put in irons, reach boiling point, rein, rein in, reins, repress,
     restrain, restraint, restraints, retard, retrench, ribbons, rope,
     rub down, rule, saddle, secure, see red, set back, shackle,
     shaft tug, side check, simper, slow down, smirk, snaffle, snub,
     stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straiten, straitjacket,
     stranglehold, strap, suppress, surcingle, tack, tackle, tame, tend,
     tether, tie, tie down, tie up, toss the head, train, trammel,
     trammels, trappings, treat, tug, water, winker braces, withhold,
     yoke
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 马勒,缰绳;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n.
     v. 马勒;约束,抑制;发怒

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