Bridles

Word BRIDLES
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Definitions and meanings of "Bridles"

What do we mean by bridles?

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

A restraint; a curb; a check.

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.

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The word "bridles" in example sentences

Likewise, he bought a string of horse-hair bridles from a convict in a Western penitentiary, who spread the good news until it seemed to Daylight that half the convicts in that institution were making bridles for him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The area innervated by the depressor nerves and the carotid sinus is therefore part of a common system, sometimes called the bridles of the blood pressure. ❋ Unknown (1965)

In his maturity he became very rich, and his homes were dreams of beauty, filled with rare possessions such as bridles of black leather once owned by Murat, rare silver designed by the artist himself, great pictures, and flowers of the rarest description besides valuable dogs and horses. ❋ Mary Schell Hoke Bacon (1902)

Thuds, we'll jine the three thegither, an ef thet ain't long enough, a kupple o 'bridles' ll help out. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

He placed the bridles on the ground and went to Reaper. ❋ David E. Hilton (2011)

Part of it, notably in Scotland, is the nationalist political mood which bridles at anything unionist, especially on football, over which, perhaps ironically, the Scottish government is currently trying to calm sectarian tribal passions. ❋ Unknown (2011)

His stare went distant again, and he picked up the pile of bridles from the floor. ❋ David E. Hilton (2011)

“Without saddles or bridles, and all the jockeys are kids.” ❋ John Minichillo (2011)

Joe Addison was the closest guard to us, and even he was preoccupied, helping sort out a mess of bridles and harnesses Benny had just happened to drop. ❋ David E. Hilton (2011)

LVMH characterized its stake as "strategic and long-term" and signaled it doesn't seek control of Herm è s, which got its start making harnesses and bridles in 1837. ❋ Am (2011)

He was carrying a couple of bridles and some coils of rope, and he somehow wound his foot inside the dangling harness straps. ❋ David E. Hilton (2011)

Elite cliqueBut Jones bridles at the suggestion that Bilmes has taken an elite clique of GQ writers with him, among them AA Gill. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He stood near the stalls, his back to me, separating a tangle of bridles. ❋ David E. Hilton (2011)

Such gradual, foursquare rehabilitation does not make for exciting fiction, and in truth "At Last" bridles against its own air of well-being by introducing new revelations of torment and abuse, as though to roil the book's placid surface. ❋ Sam Sacks (2012)

Mr. Manchin bridles at the idea he would ever soft-pedal criticism out of party loyalty. ❋ Janet Hook (2011)

But when I tell him to assume the portage position, he bridles. ❋ Paul Greenberg (2011)

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