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your bridle. A word of command used in cavalry, viz. 1st. Seize the upper end of the reins of the bridle, which is to lie on the right side of the horse, with the right hand. 2d. Bring it up as high as your chin, keeping your right elbow on a level with the shoulder. 3d. Slip your left hand along the reins of the bridle, and take hold of the loop or button, which is near the upper end of the reins. 4th. Slip the loop down with the left hand as low as the pommel of the saddle. 5th. Bring the right hand down with life on the right holster-cap, quitting the reins of the bridle with both hands.