bridle

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bridle

a horse with a bridle

Etymology edit

From Middle English bridel, from Old English brīdel, from Proto-West Germanic *brigdil, from Proto-Germanic *brigdilaz (“strap, rein”), equivalent to braid +‎ -le.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaɪdəl/
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Homophone: bridal
Rhymes: -aɪdəl

Noun edit

bridle (plural bridles)

(equestrianism) 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
(figurative) A restraint; a curb; a check.
- 1729, Isaac Watts, The Doctrine of the Passions explain'd and improv'd:
  Let wisdom put a bridle on them before they are grown head-strong and unruly
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.
A mooring hawser.
A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
A gesture expressing pride or vanity.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

headgear for horse

Albanian: gjem m, fre (sq) m
Amharic: ልጓም (ləgʷam)
Arabic: لِجَام m (lijām), صُرْع m (ṣurʕ), عِنَان m (ʕinān)
Egyptian Arabic: لجام m (ligām)
Armenian: սանձ (hy) (sanj)
Aromanian: fãrnu, frãn
Azerbaijani: yüyən (az), cilov (az)
Bashkir: йүгән (yügən)
Belarusian: вуздэ́чка f (vuzdéčka)
Bengali: লাগাম (bn) (lagam)
Bulgarian: юзда́ (bg) f (juzdá)
Burmese: ဇက်ခွံ့ (my) (jakhkwam.)
Catalan: brida (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 轡／辔 (zh) (pèi), 轡頭／辔头 (zh) (pèitóu), 馬籠頭／马笼头 (mǎlóngtóu)
Chuvash: йӗвен (jĕven)
Cimbrian: brittel m
Czech: uzda (cs) f
Dalmatian: braina f
Danish: bidsel c
Dutch: hoofdstel (nl) n, toom (nl) m
Esperanto: brido (eo)
Estonian: valjad pl
Faroese: boksl n
Finnish: suitset (fi) pl (headstall, bit and reins); päitset (fi) pl (headstall)
French: bride (fr) f
Friulian: brene f
Galician: brida f, freo (gl) m
Georgian: აღვირი (ka) (aɣviri), ლაგამი (lagami)
German: Zaumzeug (de) n, Zaum (de) m
Greek: χαλινάρι (el) n (chalinári)
Ancient: ἀμπυκτήρ m (ampuktḗr), ἡνίᾱ f (hēníā)
Hebrew: רֶסֶן (he) m (résen)
Hindi: लगाम (hi) f (lagām)
Hungarian: kantár (hu)
Icelandic: beisli (is) n
Ido: brido (io)
Indonesian: kekang (id)
Irish: srian m
Italian: briglia (it) f
Japanese: 手綱 (ja) (たづな, tadzuna)
Kazakh: жүген (kk) (jügen)
Khmer: បង្ហៀរ (km) (bɑnghiə)
Korean: 굴레 (gulle), 고삐 (ko) (goppi)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لْغاو (liẍaw)

Northern Kurdish: dizgîn (ku), liwan (ku), lixav (ku)

Southern Kurdish: لْغاو (liẍaw)
Kyrgyz: жүгөн (ky) (jügön)
Lao: ແຄ່ມ (khǣm), ໃຫຍ້ (nyai)
Latin: frēnum n, aurea f
Latvian: iemaukti m pl
Lithuanian: kamanos m pl
Macedonian: узда f (uzda)
Malay: kekang
Malayalam: കടിഞ്ഞാൺ (ml) (kaṭiññāṇ)
Maltese: lġiem m
Manchu: ᡥᠠᡩᠠᠯᠠ (hadala)
Maori: paraire, paraehe
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хазаар (mn) (xazaar)

Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠵᠠᠭᠠᠷ (qaǰaɣar)
Norman: bridot m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bissel n, hodelag n

Nynorsk: beisel n, hovudlag n
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: оузда f (uzda)
Old East Slavic: узда f (uzda)
Old English: brīdel m
Ottoman Turkish: اویان (oyan)
Pashto: لگام m (legām)
Persian: لگام (fa) (legâm), لجام (fa) (lejâm), عنان (fa) ('anân)
Polish: uzda (pl) f, ogłowie (pl) n, tranzelka f
Portuguese: brida (pt) f
Punjabi: ਲਗਾਮ f (lagām)
Romanian: frâu (ro) n, hăț (ro) n
Russian: узда́ (ru) f (uzdá), узде́чка (ru) f (uzdéčka)
Sardinian: frenu
Scottish Gaelic: srian f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: узде f pl

Roman: uzde f pl
Slovak: uzda f
Slovene: uzda f
Spanish: brida (es) f
Swahili: hatamu
Swedish: betsel (sv) n
Tajik: ҷилав (jilav), лаҷом (lajom), инон (inon)
Tatar: йөгән (tt) (yögän)
Telugu: కళ్లెము (te) (kaḷlemu)
Thai: ขลุม (th) (klǔm), บังเหียน (th) (bang-hǐian)
Tigrinya: ልጓም (ləgʷam)
Turkish: dizgin (tr), yular (tr)
Turkmen: jylaw (tk)
Ukrainian: вузде́чка f (vuzdéčka)
Urdu: لَگام f (lagām)
Uyghur: يۈگەن (yügen), تىزگىن (tizgin)
Uzbek: yugan (uz), jugan (uz)
Vietnamese: cương ngựa, cương (vi)
Vilamovian: caum m
Welsh: ffrwyn f
Yakut: үүн (üün)

Verb edit

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

(transitive) To put a bridle on.
- 1835, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:
  He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist.
(transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.
- 1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:
  Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation.
(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)
(intransitive) To hold up one's head proudly or affectedly.