BRIDLE

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 3

n. Bridl. A.-S., bridel. Gr., xadcvés. Lat., frenum, es retinaculum. Fr., bride. Ger., Bändchen. It., freno, riglia. Sp., brida, freno. A band or filament stretching from one part to another, whether normal or pathological. [A, 301, 385.] Cf. FRENUM: