单词 | bridler |
释义 | bridlern. 1. a. A person who or thing which restrains, restricts, or controls someone or something. Cf. bridle v. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] mastereOE shepper1377 commandera1400 convoyer1488 comptroller?1536 controllera1540 controller-general1562 bridler1570 comptroller-general1587 disposerc1595 overruler1695 skull1880 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 529/1 The greatest brideler of the popes vsurped power. 1642 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 30 The only bridlers of schisme. 1874 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 3 July 4/5 None of its [sc. a law's] authors ever thought of it as a bridler of the press. 1932 Tamworth Herald 31 Dec. 7/1 One of the greatest of English kings, Offa, the restorer of the fallen power of Mercia, the bridler of the Welsh inroads. 1995 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 25 Nov. Snow is the great leveller of ambition and bridler of activity. b. A person who fits a horse or other animal with a bridle. Cf. bridle v. 2.Often with implication of bringing an unwilling or dangerous animal under control.In 1611 representing a literal translation of a French word. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bridoye, a goose-bridler; (a nickname for a Lawyer). 1677 G. Fox Testimony for Masters of Ships & Seamen 12 And now mark all ye Seamen, & all bridlers of Horses, and all others that tame other Creatures. 1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 111 The tamer of tigers, the bridler of bears. 1930 Sudan Notes & Rec. 13 121 Among them are the Ghisheimat, bridlers of unbroken camels. 1988 MLN 103 42 The tradition of Athena-Minerva as Bridler of Horses is widely diffused in the mythographers. 2. A bridle-maker. Now rare (historical after 18th cent.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bridle-maker bridle maker1598 bridler1652 bridle cutter1696 1652 J. Wadsworth tr. P. de Sandoval Civil Wars Spain v. xxxix*. 330 Alonso de Vera, a bridler [Sp. frenero] and one of the..Citie officers. 1721 tr. Hist. Acc. Plague Marseilles 47 There was neither Bridler, Sadler, or Cartwright in the whole Town. 1958 Archaeologia Aeliana 4th Ser. 36 192 The saddlers and bridlers, if not others, were newcomers to the Company. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1570 |
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