That limits, restrains or controls. Cf. bridle, v. 1.

Fastening up, in, or out; restraining, prohibitive.

gen. That restrains or checks.

That retracts (in various senses of retract, v.1); (also) retractable.

That curbs; restraining.

That detains; see the verb.

imposing or involving restrictions.

That serves or tends to inhibit; inhibitory. Also as n., An inhibition.

That checks; reproving, censorious (obsolete); refusing the fist (as a hawk); restraining, controlling.

That inhibits or checks anything; producing inhibition. inhibitory nerve (Physiology), a nerve of which the stimulation represses or diminishes…

that withholds.

In transitive senses: Arresting.