Bridling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 1
    present participle and gerund of bridle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"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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