Bridal vs. Bridle

Bridalnoun

(archaic) A wedding feast or festival; a wedding.

Bridlenoun

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

Bridaladjective

Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial.

‘bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber’;

Bridlenoun

(figurative) A restraint; a curb; a check.

Bridaladjective

Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.

Bridlenoun

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.

Bridalnoun

A nuptial festival or ceremony; a marriage.

‘Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,The bridal of the earth and sky.’;

Bridlenoun

A mooring hawser.

Bridalnoun

archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast

Bridlenoun

A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.

Bridaladjective

of or relating to a wedding;

‘bridal procession’; ‘nuptial day’; ‘spousal rites’; ‘wedding cake’; ‘marriage vows’;

Bridleverb

(transitive) To put a bridle on.

Bridaladjective

designed for a bride;

‘bridal gown’;

Bridleverb

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

Bridaladjective

of or concerning a bride or a newly married couple

‘the bridal party came out into the church porch’; ‘her white bridal gown’;

Bridleverb

(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)’;

Bridleverb

(intransitive) To hold up one's head proudly or affectedly.

Bridlenoun

The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.

Bridlenoun

A restraint; a curb; a check.

Bridlenoun

The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.

Bridlenoun

A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle.

Bridleverb

To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to bridle a horse.

‘He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist.’;

Bridleverb

To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse.

‘Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation.’;

Bridleverb

To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; - usually with up.

‘By her bridling up I perceived she expected to be treated hereafter not as Jenny Distaff, but Mrs. Tranquillus.’;

Bridlenoun

headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control

Bridlenoun

the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;

‘his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper’;

Bridleverb

put a bridle on;

‘bridle horses’;

Bridleverb

respond to the reins, as of horses

Bridlenoun

the headgear used to control a horse, consisting of buckled straps to which a bit and reins are attached

‘grooms came at once to take the bridles’;

Bridlenoun

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

Bridlenoun

a mooring cable.

Bridleverb

put a bridle on (a horse)

‘five horses, saddled and bridled, were tied by the reins to branches of trees’;

Bridleverb

bring (something) under control; curb

‘the fact that he was their servant bridled his tongue’;

Bridleverb

show one's resentment or anger, especially by throwing up one's head and drawing in one's chin

‘she bridled at his tone’;

Bridle

A bridle is a piece of equipment used to direct a horse. As defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, the 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.

‘bridle’;