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drawn bridle

drawn bridle is the past participle of draw bridle.

Meaning of draw bridle

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

Questions about drawn bridle

What is drawn bridle the past participle of?
Drawn bridle is the past participle of draw bridle.

Words near drawn bridle in the dictionary

  1. drawn attention
  2. drawn away
  3. drawn back
  4. drawn blood
  5. drawn breath
  6. drawn bridle
  7. drawn butter
  8. drawn cuts
  9. drawn down
  10. drawn even
  11. drawn fire

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