a. Also 5 brydelesse, brydiless, 6 brideles. [f. BRIDLE sb. + -LESS.] Without a bridle (said of the steed or rider); fig. unbridled, unchecked, unrestrained.

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1406.  Occleve, Misrule, 78. Foorth ther with he renneth brydiless.

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1555.  Philpot, Apol., in Strype, Eccl. Mem., III. II. App. xlviii. 153. Ashamed of their brideles, blasphemous tongues.

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1802.  Southey, Thalaba, VI. Away went the bridleless steed.

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1878.  Bosw. Smith, Carthage, 216. The bridleless Numidian cavalry.

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