bridle

Universal Words noun, verb noun a set of leather bands, attached to REINS, which is put around a horse's head and used for controlling it verb 1 [VN] to put a bridle on a horse 2 [V] ~ (at sth) (literary) to show that you are annoyed and/or offended at sth, especially by moving your head up and backwards in a proud way: She bridled at the suggestion that she was lying.