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bridal (BRIGHD'l) (adjective)
Referring to a bride or a wedding: She changed her bridal gown right after the marriage ceremony.
bridle (BRIGHD'l) (noun)
The head harness, including bit and reins, used to guide or to restrain a horse: The woman had trouble putting the bridle on her restless horse.
bridle (BRIGHD'l) (verb)
To show resentment by pulling back one's head and neck during a conversation or a confrontation: Kim's sister would bridle whenever her boyfriend talked to another woman.

Bridal, a harness for a man.

—J. Bailey

A bridle path is associated with grooms, not brides, and with halters, not altars.

—Evan Esar

The bridle on the horse was decorated with the same colors of flowers as those which the members of the bridal group carried during the marriage ceremony.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. (page 8)
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(Latin: rein, bridle, a bit (as in a horses mouth); by extension, a medical term for a connecting fold of membrane in the body)