What Does Bridled Mean?

A bridle is a piece of equipment used to direct a horse. As defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, the "bridle" includes both the headstall that holds a bit that goes in the mouth of a horse, and the reins that are attached to the bit.

What does it mean when someone is bridled?

intransitive verb. : to show hostility or resentment (as to an affront to one's pride or dignity) especially by drawing back the head and chin military commanders who had bridled against … interference — Time.

How do you use bridle in a sentence?

Bridled sentence example
  1. Finally they walked the saddled and bridled horses out of the barn, and mounted them. ...
  2. Before long, she was drenched and chilled, her skin crawling from the bridled charged energy of the storm.
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