bridlerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

bridler (複数形 bridlers)

1. One who bridles.
2. One who restrains and governs, as with a bridle.
   • 1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, OCLC 926209975, page 218:

     The Prelats which boaſt themſelves the only bridlers of Schiſm, God knows have been ſo cold and backward both there and with us to repreſs Hereſie and idolatry, that either through their careleſſneſs or their craft all this miſchief is befaln.