bridle port

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Port \Port\, n. [F. porte, L. porta, akin to portus; cf. AS. porte, fr. L. porta. See Port a harbor, and cf. Porte.]

1.A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Him I accuse The city ports by this hath entered.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Form their ivory port the cherubim Forth issuing.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.(Naut.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening. [1913 Webster]

Her ports being within sixteen inches of the water.— Sir W. Raleigh.[1913 Webster]

3.(Mach.) A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face. [1913 Webster]

Air port, Bridle port, etc. See under Air, Bridle, etc.

Port bar (Naut.), a bar to secure the ports of a ship in a gale.

Port lid (Naut.), a lid or hanging for closing the portholes of a vessel.

Steam port, & Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the ports of the cylinder communicating with the valve or valves, for the entrance or exit of the steam, respectively. [1913 Webster]

Bridle \Bri"dle\, n. [OE. bridel, AS. bridel; akin to OHG. britil, brittil, D. breidel, and possibly to E. braid. Cf. Bridoon.]

1.The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages. [1913 Webster]

2.A restraint; a curb; a check. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]

3.(Gun.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc. [1913 Webster]

4.(Naut.) (a) A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle. (b) A mooring hawser. [1913 Webster]

Bowline bridle. See under Bowline.

Branches of a bridle. See under Branch.

Bridle cable (Naut.), a cable which is bent to a bridle. See 4, above.

Bridle hand, the hand which holds the bridle in riding; the left hand.

Bridle path, Bridle way, a path or way for saddle horses and pack horses, as distinguished from a road for vehicles.

Bridle port (Naut.), a porthole or opening in the bow through which hawsers, mooring or bridle cables, etc., are passed.

Bridle rein, a rein attached to the bit.

Bridle road. (a) Same as Bridle path. --Lowell. (b) A road in a pleasure park reserved for horseback exercise.

Bridle track, a bridle path.

Scolding bridle. See Branks, 2. [1913 Webster]

Syn: A check; restrain. [1913 Webster]