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noun

bridle

headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control

In a sentence

Three example sentences with bridle, each labelled with its topic.

  • Our guide handed each rider a bridle and showed us how the reins should sit across two fingers.

    Travel

  • The bronze shows a bridle in astonishing detail, every buckle and strap modeled although the horse's rider is missing.

    Art

  • Cavalry manuals specified how a bridle was to be fitted, and inspections failed a trooper whose straps hung loose.

    History

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