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Definition of Bridling
1. bridle [v] - See also: bridle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bridling
Literary usage of Bridling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including by Isabella Lucy Bird (1888)
"Comfort disappears—Fine Scenery—An Alarm—A Farm-house—An unusual Costume—bridling
a Horse—Female Dress and Ugliness—Babies—My Mago—Beauties of the ..."
2. The Christian Remembrancer: Or Short Reflections Upon the Faith, Life, and by Ambrose Serle (1830)
"ON bridling THE TONGUE. IT hath been a frequent confession of wise and good men,
that they have often lamented their speaking too much, but seldom their ..."
3. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1880)
"cried Lucrezia, bridling up at hearing her lover made light of. " But you think
you can make me angry," laughed she. " You cannot do it, I tell youir Her ..."
4. A Zulu-Kafir Dictionary: Etymologically Explained, with Copious by Jacob Ludwig Döhne (1857)
"... mentioned, denotes the action of bridling, but is little used, because the
verb is obsolete among the Zulu tribes. ..."
5. Riding: on the Flat and Across Country: A Guide to Practical Horsemanship by Matthew Horace Hayes (1882)
"The. following description of a plan for bridling buck- jumpers, such as are met
with in Australia, may not be out of place here. ..."
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