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Bridle synonyms

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hackamore
A kind of bridle with no bit
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  1. A kind of bridle with no bit
  2. (West) A rope or rawhide halter with a headstall, used in breaking horses
  3. A rope or rawhide halter with a wide band that can be lowered over a horse's eyes, used in breaking horses to a bridle.
headstall
The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements.
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  1. The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements.
  2. The section of a bridle that fits over a horse's head.
  3. A synthetic or leather headpiece or headcollar, for leading or tying up a horse.
leash
A strap or cord attached to a harness worn by a small child, used to prevent the child from wandering off.
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  1. A strap or cord attached to a harness worn by a small child, used to prevent the child from wandering off.
  2. Control or restraint:
  3. A cord, strap, etc. by which a dog or other animal is held in check
harness
A set of electrical wires that can be quickly connected or disconnected as a unit at pluglike junctions
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  1. A set of electrical wires that can be quickly connected or disconnected as a unit at pluglike junctions
  2. Something resembling such gear or tackle, as the arrangement of straps used to hold a parachute to the body.
  3. The assemblage of leather straps and metal pieces by which a horse, mule, etc. is fastened to a vehicle, plow, or load
curb
To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way.
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  1. To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way.
  2. To lead (a dog being walked) to the curb or some other place where it may pass its waste matter
  3. To restrain; check; control
control
To adjust to a requirement; regulate:
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  1. To adjust to a requirement; regulate:
  2. To hold in restraint; check.
  3. To hold in restraint; check:
bit
A brief amount of time; a moment:
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  1. A brief amount of time; a moment:
  2. (Chiefly British) A small coin:
  3. A matter being considered:
brake
A device for slowing or stopping motion, as of a vehicle, especially by contact friction.
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  1. A device for slowing or stopping motion, as of a vehicle, especially by contact friction.
  2. Anything that slows down or stops movement, activity, or progress
  3. Something that slows or stops action.
leash
A range of allowable behavior or responsibility:
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  1. A range of allowable behavior or responsibility:
  2. Control or restraint:
  3. A chain, rope, or strap attached to the collar or harness of an animal, especially a dog, and used to lead it or hold it in check.
restraint
A device or other means of restraining movement:
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  1. A device or other means of restraining movement:
  2. Limitation or confinement as in constraint on free assembly; forbearance; a holding back or prohibiting from doing something. Limitation or confinement as in constraint on free assembly; forbearance; a holding back or prohibiting from doing something.
  3. (Uncountable) control or caution; reserve
snaffle
A bit for a horse, consisting of two bars joined at the center, as by a joint.
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  1. A bit for a horse, consisting of two bars joined at the center, as by a joint.
  2. A bit, usually light and jointed, attached to a bridle and having no curb
bit
To put a bit into the mouth of (a horse)
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  1. To put a bit into the mouth of (a horse)
  2. To check or curb
  3. To check or control with or as if with a bit.
brake
To break up (flax, clods of earth, etc.) into smaller pieces
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  1. To break up (flax, clods of earth, etc.) into smaller pieces
  2. To operate or apply a brake.
  3. To slow down or stop with or as with a brake
constrain
To hold back by force; restrain
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  1. To hold back by force; restrain
  2. To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force; oblige:
  3. To keep within certain limits; confine or limit:
curb
To lead (a dog being walked) to the curb or some other place where it may pass its waste matter
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  1. To lead (a dog being walked) to the curb or some other place where it may pass its waste matter
  2. To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way.
  3. To check, restrain, or control (an impulse or activity, for example); rein in.
hold
To take and keep with the hands or arms, or by other means; grasp; clutch; seize
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  1. To take and keep with the hands or arms, or by other means; grasp; clutch; seize
  2. To keep under obligation; bind
  3. To get and keep control of; keep from relaxing or lapsing
hold back
(Idiomatic) to delay, especially in school
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  1. (Idiomatic) to delay, especially in school
  2. (Idiomatic) to act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power
hold down
(Idiomatic) To continue, to hold and to manage well.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To continue, to hold and to manage well.
  2. (Idiomatic) To restrain; to check.
inhibit
To hold back; restrain:
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  1. To hold back; restrain:
  2. To decrease, limit, or block the action or function of something in the body, as an enzyme or organ.
  3. To hold back or keep from some action, feeling, etc.; check or repress
keep
To continue to have or hold; not lose or give up
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  1. To continue to have or hold; not lose or give up
  2. To save; reserve:
  3. To put customarily; store:
keep back
To restrict or restrain
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  1. To restrict or restrain
  2. To prevent (a pupil) to advance in a course
  3. To hold back, refuse to give or share
in
In a particular relationship:
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  1. In a particular relationship:
  2. (Sports) So as to score, as by crossing home plate in baseball:
  3. At or inside one's home, office, etc.
restrain
To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way:
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  1. To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way:
  2. To hold back or keep in check; control:
  3. To keep under control
Find another word for bridle. In this page you can discover 33 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for bridle, like: hackamore, headstall, leash, harness, check, curb, control, halter, restrain, bit and brake.

Sentence Examples

  • The roads are scarcely passable bridle tracks.

  • Petya held his horse by the bridle, impatiently awaiting the order to mount.

  • Removing the bridle, he released the horse in the corral.

  • They used no stirrup, but had both bridle and bit.

  • Col Rosset (Val Savaranche to the Rhemes Valley), bridle path (C).

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