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Horse’s headgear
Answer for the clue "Horse’s headgear ", 6 letters:
bridle
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Word definitions for bridle in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to control, dominate," c.1200, from Old English bridlian "to fit with a bridle," from bridel (see bridle (n.)). Meaning "to throw up the head" (as a horse does when reined in) is from mid-15c. Related: Bridled ; bridling .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper" [syn: check , curb ]
Usage examples of bridle.
Although his hands were still stiff with cold, the bardling managed to get his mule bridled and saddled.
They were bedizened with every medallion and trinket imaginable, with ornate saddles and bridles of dyed leather, fabulous blankets, brilliant colors.
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.
Athene, who was most certainly on the verge of speaking to me, might instruct me when I found her voice to clear myself with Aphrodite or my father Poseidon before bridling the winged horse.
Already her palfrey had been saddled and Edwin held the bridle and drew the horse close to the mounting block, then assisted Gisela into the saddle.
The horse, which was young and strong, had lain down in the furrow, and although the ploughman was yanking his bridle, urging him, stroking, threatening, cursing, and lashing him, the animal would not move and stubbornly refused to get up.