Online Google Dictionary

bridle 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈbrīdl/,
Font size:

bridles, plural;
  1. Put a bridle on (a horse)

  2. Bring (something) under control; curb
    • - the fact that he was their servant bridled his tongue
  3. Show one's resentment or anger, esp. by throwing up the head and drawing in the chin
    • - ranchers have bridled at excessive federal control
Noun
  1. The headgear used to control a horse, consisting of buckled straps to which a bit and reins are attached

  2. A line, rope, or device that is used to restrain or control the action or movement of something

  3. A length of rope, chain, or cable fastened at both ends to an object that is to be secured or moved or to a vessel that is to do the towing, a pull being exerted at the center of its length

  1. anger or take offense; "She bridled at his suggestion to elope"
  2. headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
  3. put a bridle on; "bridle horses"
  4. the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"
  5. respond to the reins, as of horses
  6. A bridle is a piece of equipment used to direct a horse. As defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, the "bridle" includes both the headstall that holds a bit that goes in the mouth of a horse, and the reins that are attached to the bit.
  7. The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins; 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; To put a bridle on; To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a ...
  8. (BRIDLES) Controlling and guiding element. A bridled "horse" would be a controlled or guided doctrine or teaching.
  9. (Bridles) The upper part of the Moorings laid in harbours for Men of War. Also Ropes attached from the Leeches of the square Sails to the Bowlines.
  10. lines that form the junction between a foil kite and the flying lines. A foil kite may have a complex bridle. An inflatable kite usually has no bridle and the flying lines are connected directly to the kite. Bridle lines are sometimes called shroud lines.
  11. Item of equipment worn on the horse's head, enabling the rider to communicate his wishes through use of the bit and the reins.
  12. To dream of a bridle, denotes you will engage in some enterprise which will afford much worry, but will eventually terminate in pleasure and gain. If it is old or broken you will have difficulties to encounter, and the probabilities are that you will go down before them. ...
  13. Rope span with ends secured for the sheet block to ride on.
  14. A rope or cable attached to two points - typically the right and left chassis members - of a vehicle and converging to a point of attachment for a tow rope.
  15. a V-shaped chain, wire, or rope attached to a vessel being towed to which the towline is connected.  back
  16. A strong connection of cables used for towing ships and boats.
  17. the head harness for a horse, basically consisting of the headstall, bit, chin strap and reins, but often including also a brow band, nose strap, and throat latch.
  18. The thin webbing strap from the pilot chute to the top of the canopy. Part of the deployment system which consists of pilot chute, bag and bridle.
  19. A section of connecting line between a drogue or main parachute and the attachment point on the harness or seat.
  20. A harness of leather straps that fits around the horse's head and holds the bit.
  21. A portion of an overhead contact-wire system. It extends longitudinally between supporting structures and is attached at intervals to the contact-wire, in order to retain the latter in its proper lateral position. ...
  22. The name given to extra lines around the kite.  It allows a kite to fly 2 line or may be used to solidly hold the kite in its shape
  23. a pole that spreads the net and holds it open
  24. A length of chain, rope or wire, purpose-made for connecting two objects; a mooring bridle between ship and buoy
  25. Equipment that goes onto a horse's head to assist the rider in controlling the horse.