bridle

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “[…] the horseman, who is the user of bridles and knows their use”

2. isim A restraint; a curb; a check.

   “Let wisdom put a bridle on them before they are grown head-strong and unruly”

3. isim 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.
4. isim A mooring hawser.
5. isim A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
6. isim A gesture expressing pride or vanity.
7. fiil To put a bridle on.

   “He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist.”

8. fiil To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.

   “Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation.”

9. fiil 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)”

10. fiil To hold up one's head proudly or affectedly.