Bridling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of one who bridles.
"1809-1812, Maria Edgeworth, Tales of Fashionable Life […] with infinite difficulty in bringing herself to speak on such a subject, after inconceivable bridlings of the head, and contortions of every muscle of her neck, she insinuated to him her fears […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of bridle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"1809-1812, Maria Edgeworth, Tales of Fashionable Life […] with infinite difficulty in bringing herself to speak on such a subject, after inconceivable bridlings of the head, and contortions of every muscle of her neck, she insinuated to him her fears […]"
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