bridelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-Germanic *brigdilaz.

発音

• IPA: /ˈbriː.del/

名詞

brīdel m

1. bridle

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生した語

• Middle English: bridel, bridell, bridil, bridill, bridle, brydel, brydul, brydyl, brydyll, brydylle
  • English: bridle
  • Scots: bridle

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 brīdel, from Proto-West Germanic *brigdil, from Proto-Germanic *brigdilaz; equivalent to breiden +‎ -el (agentive suffix).

発音

• IPA: /ˈbriːdəl/

名詞

bridel (plural bridels)

1. A bridle, reins, or bit; equipment for directing a horse.
   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Psalm 32:9”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     Nile ye be maad as an hors and mule; to whiche is noon vndurstondyng. Lord, constreyne thou the chekis of hem with a bernacle and bridil; that neiȝen not to thee.

     Don't behave like a horse or mule, who don't understand anything. Lord, you constrain the cheeks of them with a bit and a bridle, or they won't go to you.

2. (figurative) Supervision, monitoring, constraint, direction.
3. (figurative) Something that constrains or directs; a guideline.
4. (rare) A strip or band of fabric.

関連する語

• bridlen

派生した語

• English: bridle
• Scots: bridle

参照

• “brīdel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-10.