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bridle

noun as in restraining device

verb as in check, hold back

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The device uses a hand pump and tubing attached to the horse’s bridle to spray medicine near its nose.

The man’s grave included a leather bridle, a wooden horse bit and a battle ax.

A leather bridle, wooden horse bit and battle-ax that had been placed in his grave indicated he had been a horse-riding warrior.

It has backpack straps and a couple well-placed pockets that hold smaller items, and it’s made from 600-denier ballistic nylon with bridle leather accents, giving it that classic Filson build quality that will last forever.

If that’s the case, Drake’s track “7 am on Bridle Path” might be the closest thing to a confirmation of the rift that fans will get.

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Israelis may bridle at the vision of a Palestinian state which looks like militias riding in on Jeeps and firing-off rifles.

Bridle printed two years' worth of posts in a book, My Life in Tweets, through a self-publishing service.

The retelling developed quite a following, Bridle not included.

"I call you," the policeman said, and stripping the saddle and bridle from his sweaty horse, turned him loose to graze.

While the boy stood valiantly holding the bridle, an old Negro came up and pulled his sleeve.

For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.

A moment later the road led up a hill-side, and at the summit she caught his bridle and reined in.

Pulling the saddle loose, he cast it aside; then he removed the bridle and threw it after the saddle.

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On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bridle, such as: check, control, curb, deterrent, hackamore, and halter.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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