To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.
To hold up one's head proudly or affectedly.
To show hostility or resentment.
To put a bridle on.
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 restraint; a curb; a check.
A gesture expressing pride or vanity.
To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
To stay back.
To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.