bridle

bridle

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)

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. In: 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.

briglia

frenare

freno

imbrigliare

opprimere

ritenere

testiera

Altri significati:

(transitive) To put a bridle on.

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.

(transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in '''bridle your tongue''' .

The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.

(intransitive) To show hostility or resentment.

headgear for horse

A piece of equipment used to control a horse.

rein(s)

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