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witch's bridles

witch's bridles is the plural of witch's bridle.

Meaning of witch's bridle

Noun

witch's bridle (plural witch's bridles)

  1. A scold's bridle.
    • [It, unlike] witch's bridles, iron gags and thumbscrews, was first used in 1565. Tall, black, menacing, it was indisputably what a guillotine should be.2008 December 30, Philip Dodd, What's in a Name?: From Joseph P. Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items Were Named for Extraor dinary People, Penguin, →ISBN, page 94
  2. A witch's stirrup (tangle in a horse's mane).
    • "We've got some oats, and after I dry him off and rub him down, I'll take a currycomb to him and get those witch's bridles out of his coat. When you finish, Skye, I'll give you a hot meal." Krissy took Fargo's hand and gave it a promissory squeeze.2010 June 1, Jon Sharpe, The Trailsman #344: Six-Gun Gallows, Penguin, →ISBN

Questions about witch's bridles

What is witch's bridles the plural of?
Witch's bridles is the plural of witch's bridle.

Words near witch's bridles in the dictionary

  1. witch's besom
  2. witch's besoms
  3. witch's brew
  4. witch's brews
  5. witch's bridle
  6. witch's bridles
  7. witch's broom
  8. witch's brooms
  9. witch's butter
  10. witch's butters
  11. witch's egg

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