| 单词 | to draw bridle | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto draw bridle  P6.   transitive.  to draw bridle (also  †to draw bit,  to draw rein) and variants: to stop or slow one's horse by pulling at the reins; to pull up; (figurative) to pause, slacken speed. Frequently in negative constructions. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity			[verb (intransitive)]		 i-swikec893 swikec897 atwindc1000 linOE studegieOE stintc1175 letc1200 stuttea1225 leavec1225 astint1250 doc1300 finec1300 blina1325 cease1330 stable1377 resta1382 ho1390 to say or cry ho1390 resta1398 astartc1400 discontinuec1425 surcease1428 to let offc1450 resista1475 finish1490 to lay a straw?a1505 to give over1526 succease1551 to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556 end1557 to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560 stick1574 stay1576 to draw bridle1577 to draw rein1577 to set down one's rest1589 overgive1592 absist1614 subsista1639 beholdc1650 unbridle1653 to knock offa1657 acquiesce1659 to set (up) one's rest1663 sista1676 stop1689 to draw rein1725 subside1734 remit1765 to let up1787 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to cry crack1888 to shut off1896 to pack in1906 to close down1921 to pack up1925 to sign off1929 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > riding a horse (or other animal)			[phrase]		 > stop (a horse) to draw bridle1577 to draw bit1591 to draw rein1725 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal)			[verb (intransitive)]		 > rein in reina1525 to draw rein1725 to take up1912 1577    R. Holinshed Chron. II. 630/1  				But the Earle warned thereof, secretely departed, accompanyed only with one man, and neuer drew bridle out of hys Horses mouth, vntill he came to Readyng. 1591    E. Aggas tr.  Breefe Descr. Battailes, Victories & Triumphes 14  				His Maiestie found himselfe within one leage of the Duke of Mains lodging, wherupon suddenly without drawing bit, he purposed to finde him at his bed. 1664    S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt.  ii. iii. 171  				And for three years has rid your Wit And Passion without drawing Bit. 1679    J. Somerville Memorie Somervilles 		(1815)	 II. 349  				He..never drew bridle untill he came the lenth of Leads. 1725    C. Pitt tr.  M. G. Vida Art Poetry  iii. 109  				Sometimes the god-like fury he restrains, Checks his impetuous speed, and draws the reins. 1782    W. Cowper Table Talk in  Poems 35  				Spendthrift alike of money and of wit, Always at speed and never drawing bit. 1834    G. P. R. James Life & Adventures John Marston Hall I. x. 113  				We set spurs to our beasts, and never drew a rein for twenty miles. 1840    Goshen 		(Indiana)	 Democrat 15 Oct.  				A gentleman..drew bridle..in front of one of the roughest bughouses in the county. 1892    Jrnl. Soc. Arts 18 Nov. 108/2  				They are frequently ridden sixty or seventy miles without drawing bit. 1941    Béaloideas 11 38  				He drew bridle then and gave his steed a third drink and the strong beast cleared the sea. 1998    D. C. Pfanz R. S. Ewell xii. 177  				A solitary horseman rode through the sleeping camps of the Valley Army and drew rein at Stonewall Jackson's headquarters. < as lemmas  | 
	
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