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单词 bridling
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bridlingn.

Brit. /ˈbrʌɪdlɪŋ/, /ˈbrʌɪdl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbraɪd(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: see bridle v. and -ing suffix1; also 1500s–1600s bridleing, 1600s bridleinge.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bridle v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < bridle v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action or an act of placing a check or restraint on a person or thing; regulation; restriction; control. Cf. bridle v. 1a.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun]
havingeOE
holdc1230
withholdingc1386
restrainingc1390
refraininga1398
repression?a1425
repressing1431
bridlingc1443
restraint1443
restrainc1449
repressurec1487
restingc1503
abstention1521
controlling1523
controlment1525
distrain1531
staying1563
control1564
refrain1568
retention1578
check1579
restrainment1579
refranation1583
cohibition1586
withholdment1640
curbing1661
coercion1827
chastenment1882
detent1907
clamp-down1940
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun]
limiting1391
moderation1429
bridlingc1443
limitation1483
confine1548
restriction1554
limit1572
prescription1604
bounding1607
circumscriptiona1616
stricture1649
stinting1656
circumscribing1660
contractiona1670
confinement1678
contracting1692
handcuff1814
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 289 (MED) For bridiling, gastyng, and refraynyng of wijlde wantowne wil, he ouȝte to be vndir a prince bering þe sword of bodily punysching.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxix The brydellynge and punyshinge of suche as there had mysgouerned them selfes.
1702 tr. Luis de Granada Sinners Guide ii. i. 548 The bridling and Stopping of your Anger in its heat.
1878 N. Amer. Rev. July 1 The bridling of tyrants, the dethroning of arbitrary kinds and the setting up of constitutional ones.
1909 Sunday Times 28 Feb. 5/2 Human progress has only come about through the bridling or starving of the sex-instinct.
2006 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 112 914 The main building blocks of democracy—the rule of law and the bridling of power by constitutions.
2.
a. The action of fitting a horse or other animal with a bridle (bridle n. 1). Cf. bridle v. 2.
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a1500 (?c1400) Song of Roland (1880) l. 55 (MED) Blowinge off bugles..trymlinge of tabers..bridlinge of stedes.
1618 M. Baret Hipponomie ii. (table of contents) Of a young Colts first bridling and sadling.
1717 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysell Compl. Horseman i. xxv. 88 Look to his regular Dressing, and that he be no ways neglected, either as to Shoeing, Saddling, or Bridling.
1847 Bell's Life in London 2 May 8/3 This man is a horse-breaker, and very possibly he may understand the bridling, and mouthing, and pacing, and so on.
2015 Canberra Times (Nexis) 25 Nov. (Final ed.) a10 Under his guidance Jack learnt the basics in handling a donkey, including saddling and bridling.
b. The action or an act of forcing a person to wear a scold's bridle (bridle n. 2); this as a form of punishment. historical.
ΚΠ
1658 Worcester Corporation Rec. in J. Noake Worcester in Olden Times (1849) 110 Paid for mending the bridle for bridleinge of scoulds, and two cords for the same, 1s 2d.
1861 W. Lowe Clay Prison Chaplain iv. 114 Mr Liddell..ordered her to be gagged with a ‘bridle’... If nothing worse than this bridling could have been alleged, Mr. Liddell would have been safe in his office.
1914 Trans. Worcs. Naturalists' Club 5 211 Another instrument of punishment in such cases was ‘the bridle’, probably used for the bridling of scolds.
1991 Shakespeare Q. 42 208 Such effects are vividly illustrated in the account of a witness to a 1653 bridling.
1996 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 36 298 Charivari rituals often ended in the public dunking or bridling of a ‘scold’.
3. The action of drawing oneself up with the head held high and the chin drawn in; an instance of this. Now chiefly: the action of making such a movement in reaction to being offended or irritated; the action of being visibly affronted. Cf. bridle v. 4. Formerly frequently up; cf. to bridle up at bridle v. 4c.
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the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun] > showing resentment
grudgingc1420
snarling1591
bridling1709
bridle1748
1709 Tatler No. 104. ⁋1 She showed a little Dislike at my Raillery; and by her bridling-up I perceived that she expected to be treated hereafter not as Jenny Distaff.
1775 M. S. Cooper The Daughter xxiv. 191 Such bridling, so much self exultation, in the young ladies particularly, on comparing their own with inferior trappings.
1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude vii. 135 Without any bridling-up or nonsense of any kind.
1861 Lady Llanover in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. II. 485 (note) One of the first lessons in deportment..was to hold up the head on entering a room, and to keep the chin in, which is expressed by ‘bridling’.
1900 Blackburn Standard 10 Mar. 8/7 The cause of Honoria's gasp, and which she speedily read aloud, with many simpers and much bridling, was as follows.
2009 Financial Times 23 Dec. 5/3 There was some noticeable bridling at the suggestion.
4. In extended use (chiefly in technical contexts). The action of controlling or limiting a thing using something likened to a bridle in form or use. Cf. bridle n. II., bridle v. 5.
a. Building (originally Scottish). As a mass noun: the action of using a band or beam to support or brace a joist; (as a count noun) a piece of timber used for this purpose. Cf. bridle n. 5.
ΚΠ
1769 D. Dalrymple Hist. Memorials Provinc. Councils Sc. Clergy 30 When a house is in flames, it is vain to draw up regulations for the bridling of joists or the sweeping of chimnies.
1835 J. C. Loudon Encyl. Cottage, Farm, & Villa Architect. (new ed.) 525 All bridlings (trimmings) and bridling joists to be one eighth of an inch thicker than the other joists.
2005 E. Fleming Constr. Technol. iv. 114/1 Figure 4.22 shows how bridling of joists round a large bore pipe might be carried out.
b. The action of binding, lashing, or stitching so as to secure, restrain, or hold something in position. Also: the result of this action; the binding, stitching, etc., itself.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn
seama1400
sewingc1400
bridling1837
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > binding
bindinga1240
ligation1598
ligature1651
bridling1837
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > netting > specific processes
meshing1615
bridling1837
1837 C. Bathurst Notes on Nets 34 Bridling is done..on a spool a full quarter less in circumference than the one used in the body of the net.
1907 W. Pearce Painting & Decorating (ed. 3) iv. 59 How to bridle a brush.—Most practical men prefer to bind on their own bridling.
1930 W. C. Harry Art of Floral Designing 74 During the Summer..it is a good plan to resort to a form of stemming known as bridling. This consists of running a light wire through the petals near the base and turning it down the stem.
1953 Pract. Upholstering (Commercial Trades Institute) 88 What is the purpose of bridling?
1994 D. James Upholstery Techniques & Projects (1995) 54 Bridling begins with a slip knot on the surface of a scrim covering and runs through at 3- or 4-inch..centres.
c. The action or fact of fitting a thing with a restraining or stabilizing line or lines (cf. bridle n. 6); esp. the action of fitting a bridle (bridle n. 6(b)) to a kite.
ΚΠ
1967 C. Hart Kites xi. 164 In the Pacific, bridling seems never to have reached any state of perfection.
1987 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 22 Mar. 13/3 Bridling was the next step... Two-leg bridles run along the kite's spine from top to bottom.
1990 R. L. Arnold Scene Technol. (ed. 2) 270/1 Bridling is a means of increasing the frequency of pickup support... Two ends of a rope can be tied to scenery and the lift line tied to the center, thus reducing the number of lines to raise an object.
2002 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 31 Jan. (Rhythm Mag.) 7/4 Afternoon workshops..from kite aerial photography to historical presentations, Chinese kite making, bridling techniques.

Compounds

bridling cast n. Obsolete A drink taken immediately before departing (cf. stirrup-cup n. a); (hence figurative) a parting act.The sense of cast in this compound is unclear.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > before departure
bridling cast?1499
grace cupc1593
voiding beer1639
stirrup-cup1681
deoch an dorisc1700
stirrup-glass1775
stirrup-dram1815
binder1899
one for the road1939
?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Biijv A brydelynge caste for that is in thy male.
1594 W. Cornwallis Let. 5 Aug. in Cecil Papers (Hatfield House CP 27/76) f. 135 For a bridling cast I can not chouse but cumber you wth these few lines before my going.
1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie ii. sig. D3v Lets haue a bridling cast before you goe. Fils a new stoupe.
1658 T. Flatman Naps upon Parnassus sig. A3v He's onely at last For a brideling cast.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

bridlingadj.

Brit. /ˈbrʌɪdlɪŋ/, /ˈbrʌɪdl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbraɪd(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: see bridle v. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bridle v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < bridle v. + -ing suffix2.
1. That limits, restrains or controls. Cf. bridle v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [adjective]
bridling1559
barring1567
restraining1597
retracting1661
curbing1720
detaining1822
restrictionary1828
inhibitive1830
checking1861
inhibitory1870
withholding1898
staying1902
1559 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Troas ii. iii. sig. C.iv The battell made by night and rage of feruent mynde, Coulde not abyde the brydeling bitte that reason had assynde.
1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Fij The best brydle..to keepe in proude Fraunce, are the naturally brydeling bands of the sea.
1674 J. Owen in S. Annesley Suppl. to Morning-exercise at Cripple-gate xi. 159 Therefore is this bridling Caution needful.
1835 G. C. Fox tr. Sophocles Electra in Prometheus of Aeschylus & Electra of Sophocles 196 Let each Mycenian, every Argive..receive a dear reward—my bridling chains! Yes, let them to my kingly will submit.
2015 I. Almond Thought of Nirad C. Chaudhuri Introd. 11 If, for Tagore, spirituality signified a bridling restraint on the potential violence of nationalism, for Vivekananda it was an expression of it.
2. That bridles (see bridle v. 4); characterized by this; (now chiefly) showing or expressing anger, irritation, indignation, or resentment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [adjective] > characterized by or showing
wrothc1000
highOE
wrackfulc1230
indignant1590
snarling1599
umbrageous1601
indignatorya1624
resenting1634
resentful1656
affronted1663
bridling1673
begrudging1693
wrathy1873
1673 J. Arrowsmith Reformation v. ii. 67 Were you but simpring, mimping, bridling Ladies, you were sure prize.
1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk 180 He swells his lifted chest and backward flings His bridling neck.
1839 Penny Mag. 11 May 179/1 Dick surveyed with some disdain the plumed groups of mincing and bridling madams.
1896 Sunday Inter Ocean (Chicago) 15 Mar. 35/1 Her bridling look said plainly: ‘I would rather stay at home than to take Arminta Turney to that party’.
2000 J. Banville Eclipse (2001) 42 Lydia's voice always takes on a bridling tone when she speaks of our difficult daughter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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