bridle path : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bridle path	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bridle path
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bridle path n a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars) Synonym(s): bridle path, bridle road
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bridle \Bri"dle\, n. [OE. bridel, AS. bridel; akin to OHG. britil, brittil, D. breidel, and possibly to E. braid. Cf. {Bridoon}.] 1. The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages. 2. A restraint; a curb; a check. --I. Watts. 3. (Gun.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc. 4. (Naut.) (a) A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle. (b) A mooring hawser. {Bowline bridle}. See under {Bowline}. {Branches of a bridle}. See under {Branch}. {Bridle cable} (Naut.), a cable which is bent to a bridle. See 4, above. {Bridle hand}, the hand which holds the bridle in riding; the left hand. {Bridle path}, {Bridle way}, a path or way for saddle horses and pack horses, as distinguished from a road for vehicles. {Bridle port} (Naut.), a porthole or opening in the bow through which hawsers, mooring or bridle cables, etc., are passed. {Bridle rein}, a rein attached to the bit. {Bridle road}. (a) Same as {Bridle path}. --Lowell. (b) A road in a pleasure park reserved for horseback exercise. {Bridle track}, a bridle path. {Scolding bridle}. See {Branks}, 2. Syn: A check; restrain.