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unˈbridle, v.
[un-2 4 b. Cf. Du. ontbreidelen.]
1. trans. To remove the bridle from (a horse). Also absol.
a1400Morte Arth. 2509 Thare vnbrydilles theis bolde, and baytes þeire horses. c1435Torr. Portugal 1552 Down light this gentille knyght..And vnbrydelid his stede. c1450Mirk's Festial 56 He fell wod, and so vnbrydylt his hors þat bare hym into a maner of þe lordes. 1530Palsgr. 766/2 Unbridell my horse and gyve hym otes. 1607Markham Cavel. iii. (1617) 31 Then you shal come vnto him and vnbridle him. 1643Trapp Comm. Gen. xxiii. 2 They would neither unbridle their horses, nor untie their armor. 1809Malkin Gil Blas vi. ii. ⁋1 We unbridled our horses, and turned them out to grass. 1890L. D'Oyle Notches 134 He led the horses by their bridles down to the gate of the enclosure; here he unbridled them and let them go.
b. transf. and fig. To free from restraint.
a1440Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 57 The tonge was vnbridillid to blasfemy and rybawdy. 1567Trial Treas. (Percy Soc.) 23, I doubte not but I shal be unbridled by Luste. 1576Gascoigne Philomene li, Forth he floong the raines, Unbridling blinde desire. 1604T. Wright Passions i. iii. 14 Selfe-love..inticeth the citizens..to prosecute pleasures, unbridle their senses. 1648J. Beaumont Psyche viii. cclvii, Loe, There unbridle thy Extremitie, And give thee leave in free carreer to goe.
c. absol. (in fig. use). To stop or halt.
1653Urquhart Rabelais i. xxii, Then did he sleep without unbrideling until eight a clock.
2. Surg. To free (a wound) from a bridle. (See bridle n. 5 b.)
1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 333, I had not sufficiently unbridled it, nor penetrated deep enough into the Body of the Muscles. |