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draw bridle

draw bridle verb: to pull on the reins (of a horse etc.) in order to slow it down or bring it to a stop; hence, to stop, draw up.

Verb

draw bridle (third-person singular simple present draws bridle, present participle drawing bridle, simple past drew bridle, past participle drawn bridle)

  1. To pull on the reins (of a horse etc.) in order to slow it down or bring it to a stop; hence, to stop, draw up.
    • When he was within a small distance of this inn, which to him seemed a castle, he drew bridle, and stopt Rozinante […].1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.2
    • Surrey […] rode, without drawing bridle, to Berwick.1828, Patrick Fraser Tytler, History of Scotland

Forms of draw bridle

third-person singular presentdraws bridle
present participledrawing bridle
pastdrew bridle
past participledrawn bridle

Questions about draw bridle

What does draw bridle mean?
Draw bridle means to pull on the reins (of a horse etc.) in order to slow it down or bring it to a stop; hence, to stop, draw up.
What part of speech is draw bridle?
Draw bridle is a verb.
What is the past tense of draw bridle?
The past tense of draw bridle is drew bridle.

Words near draw bridle in the dictionary

  1. draw blank
  2. draw blood
  3. draw breath
  4. draw bridge
  5. draw bridges
  6. draw bridle
  7. draw cuts
  8. draw dead
  9. draw death
  10. draw distance
  11. draw distances

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