bridle

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bridle [bridle bridles bridled bridling] noun, verb BrE [ˈbraɪdl] NAmE [ˈbraɪdl]
noun
a set of leather bands, attached to ↑reins, which is put around a horse's head and used for controlling it

Word Origin:
Old English brīdel (noun), brīdlian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch breidel (noun). Sense 2 of the verb use is from the action of a horse when reined in.

Example Bank:
•She held his stirrup for him while Adam took the bridle.

 
verb
1. transitive ~ sth to put a ↑bridle on a horse
2. intransitive ~ (at sth) (literary)to show that you are annoyed and/or offended at sth, especially by moving your head up and backwards in a proud way
•She bridled at the suggestion that she was lying.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English brīdel (noun), brīdlian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch breidel (noun). Sense 2 of the verb use is from the action of a horse when reined in.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  check, curb