Crossword clues for bridled
bridled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bridle \Bri"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bridled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bridling.]
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To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to bridle a horse.
He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist.
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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.
--Addison.Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation.
--Burke.Syn: To check; restrain; curb; govern; control; repress; master; subdue.
Wiktionary
1 Equipped with a bridle; controlled. 2 (context chiefly ornithology English) Having bridle-shaped marks. v
(en-past of: bridle)
Usage examples of "bridled".
They were eager to assist the puncher in his trouble and without delay they caught up the two horses that Calumet had bought soon after his coming to the ranch, saddled and bridled them and rode out of the yard.
We fondly kissed goodbye, she bade me take care of myself, I bridled pretty Pegasus, picked up Polyeidus, winged northwestward in high spirits.
Harry ran to his own tent, snatched up his arms and blanket-roll, saddled and bridled his horse, and well within five minutes was riding by the side of Captain Sherburne.
Harry ran to his horse, which had been left saddled and bridled for any emergency.
Aislinn bridled at this uncalled-for command, but his broad back had swung and he was already striding to the door.
Rhenna bridled and saddled Chaimon and the mare, and stuffed her saddlepack with provisions, leaving Derinoe the greater part.
Five minutes later, when he came out with the pony saddled and bridled, he found that Betty and Malcolm had gone.
He went down to the corral, roped the most gentle and best appearing one of the two horses he had bought in Lazette, caught up his own horse, Blackleg, and brought them to the stable, where he saddled and bridled them.
All the horses had been saddled and bridled, and were eager to be off.
When he heard her music and sensed she was at the brink of release, he bridled her fulfillment by changing the rhythm of the movement of his hips.
Patches up and working with Omega, still on the lunge line but now bridled and under a saddle with the stirrups removed, she took a few minutes with Major.