1. Headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
   "The rider adjusted the bridle before mounting the horse"
    
2. The act of restraining power, action or limiting excess
   "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper";
   - check, curb

1. Put a bridle on
   "bridle horses"
    
2. Respond to the reins, as of horses
   "The well-trained horse bridled easily to the rider's commands"
    
3. Anger or take offence
   "She bridled at his suggestion to elope"

Sounds like: bridal

Derived forms: bridles, bridling, bridled

Type of: anger, answer, headgear, reply, respond, restrain, restraint, see red [informal]

Antonym: unbridle

Part of: harness

Encyclopedia: Bridle, Sarah