bridle-wiseadj.
/ˈbrʌɪdlwʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈbraɪd(ə)lˌwaɪz/ Originally and chiefly U.S. (now rare).
Of a horse, pony, etc.: that responds readily to the rider's use of the reins; well-trained and obedient (cf. bridle wisdom n. at bridle n. Compounds 3). In extended use (of a person): obedient, biddable.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > obedient or well-trained
well-moutheda1425
freea1470
well-mettled1595
light-borne1611
well-managed1612
tender-mouthed1620
made1796
bridle-wise1811
1811 Huntingdon (Pa.) Gaz. 13 June Must we be your jockies to break your young raw colts, and when bridle wise, give them up to you for hackneys?
1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase 31 A spirited horse, scarcely broken, and certainly not bridle-wise.
a1916 C. M. Horne Songs of Shrapnel Shell (1918) 13 When thou was young..I spurred thee to enterprise, I taught thee to swing a saber, I made thee bridle-wise.
1979 News-Herald (Franklin, Pa.) 26 June 8/2 Rev. Barr traveled to the service on a three-year-old mule colt, barely bridle wise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1811- come to grips with
- come to hand
- come to hand blows
- come to handgrips
- come to handicuffs
- come to hands
- come to handstrokes
- come to handy blows
- come to heel
- come to knowledge
- come to land
- come to life
- come to light
- come to light with
- come to limerick
- come to loggerheads
- come to market
- come to meal
- come to meet
- come to memory
- come to memory again
- come to mind
- come to mischance
- come to naught
- come to nothing