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bridleless, a.|ˈbraɪd(ə)llɪs|
Also 5 brydelesse, brydiless, 6 brideles.
[f. bridle n. + -less.]
Without a bridle (said of the steed or rider); fig. unbridled, unchecked, unrestrained.
1406Hoccleve Misrule 78 Foorth ther with he renneth brydiless. 1555Philpot Apol. in Strype Eccl. Mem. III. ii. App. xlviii. 153 Ashamed of their brideles, blasphemous tongues. 1802Southey Thalaba vi, Away went the bridleless steed. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 216 The bridleless Numidian cavalry. |