bridle
noun
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
bridles
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pluralof bridle.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof bridle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
bridlenounpart of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
Example Sentences
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She refers to Isaac as “Latin-X,” to his disgust, and bridles when Alan casually complains that a student objected when he said a movie was “lame.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
The handlers on the ground let go of the bridles and the cows suddenly shoot forward.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Think animal jewelry — bridles, straps and other harness parts adorned with eagle heads, rosettes, griffins, busts of Herakles, serpents and lions, often shaped from gold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
American freedom is not absolute; no American is free from the Constitution’s bridles.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2024
Without waiting for an answer—and indeed they were too exhausted to speak—he took the bridles and saddles off both of them.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
