bridle

• His saddle was a cushioned McClellan, with spangled breast-strap and plump saddle-bags, and his bridle was adorned with a bright curb bit and twilled reins. —  Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War
• The trappings of her palfrey were of finest embroidery, her bridle was a chain of gold From the palfrey's mane hung little silver bells, nine-and-fifty little silver bells. —  Stories from the Ballads Told to the Children
• But there is life in the convictions which nerve men to fight an uphill fight, and there is something in the fire and spirit of these militant Catholics of France which reminds one of Prudentius, the Pindar of Christian Spain, celebrating fifteen centuries ago the believers who upheld so manfully the rights of conscience against prćtors and prefects bent on converting them to the beauty of 'moral unity'--_quod princeps colit ut colamus omnes When two men ride on a horse the man who holds the bridle is the master, and the Radicals hold the bridle of the French Government. —  France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889
• He had fastened his belt round the gate-post and was using it as a bridle, his bare knees gripped the wooden bar under him, and his little brass-tipped heels flashed in the sun like spurs. —  Secret Bread
• In his left hand he seized the lines, that is, the bridle-reins of his horses for restraining his steeds before performing his charioteering 1-1] Eg. —  The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge

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