bridle

IPA: brˈaɪdʌɫ

(equestrianism) The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
(figurative) 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.

(transitive) To put a bridle on.
(transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.
(intransitive) To show hostility or resentment.
(intransitive) To hold up one's head proudly or affectedly.

Examples of "bridle" in Sentences

Jenny twitched the bridle from the perspiring groom and minced up to the prisoner.
There was a ribbon hanging under her chin which the old lady called a bridle, and when
I ceased treating her too kindly - snubbing, and riding with a curb-bridle, is what she needs.
The old saddles are tied on with twine; one side of the bridle is a worn-out strap and the other a rope.
McLellan cavalry saddle, with a battered brass peak, and the bridle is a rotten leather strap on one side and a strand of rope on the other.
As a jetski it's a big fail, but it would make a half way decent horse head if it was all brown and the bridle was a bit less...um...bondagey.
Yet I dare say the chorus of a musical comedy would not be awestruck -- would, indeed, 'bridle' -- if one unrolled to them their illustrious pedigree.
At the next change a bridle was a thing unheard of, and when I suggested that the creature would open her mouth voluntarily if the bit were pressed close to her teeth, the standers-by mockingly said,
The reins were secured by chain-work, and the front-stall of the bridle was a steel plate, with apertures for the eyes and nostrils, having in the midst a short, sharp pike, projecting from the forehead of the horse like the horn of the fabulous unicorn.