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bridle(2) (iou)



bridle verb.
[Old English bridlian, from BRIDLE noun.]
verb trans. Put a bridle on, equip with a bridle; fig. curb, check, restrain, hold in. OE.
D. Hume Forts were erected in order to bridle Rochelle. F. M. Ford A sudden explosion of the passion that had been bridled all his life.
a. verb intrans. Express offence, wounded pride, etc., by throwing up the head and drawing in the chin; assume a dignified or offended manner. Also foll. by up. LME.
Dickens Everybody bridled up at this remark. B. Chatwin If she saw him bridling with annoyance, she would change the subject.
b. verb trans. Move (the head etc., oneself) thus. L15-M19.
bridler noun L16.