A restraint; a curb; a check.
The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging on a kite for attaching line.
A mooring hawser.
A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
A gesture expressing pride or vanity.
To hold up one's head proudly or affectedly.
To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.
To show hostility or resentment.
To put a bridle on.
An act or state of being stifled.
A bone disease of this region.
The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans.
To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.
To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
To feel smothered; to find it difficult to breathe.
To cause (a dog, horse, or other four-legged mammal) to dislocate or sprain its stifle joint.
To die of suffocation.
To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.