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.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

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

present singular third person draws bridle · participle present drawing bridle · past drew bridle · participle past drawn bridle

  1. equestrianismTo 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.

    Surrey […] rode, without drawing bridle, to Berwick.

    1828, Patrick Fraser Tytler, History of Scotland
    1 more example

    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
Cite this entry
APA

draw bridle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draw%20bridle

MLA

“draw bridle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draw%20bridle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “draw bridle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draw%20bridle.

Source: draw bridle on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.