bridling

== English == === Verb === bridling present participle and gerund of bridle === Noun === bridling (plural bridlings) The act of one who bridles. 1809-1812, Maria Edgeworth, Tales of Fashionable Life […] with infinite difficulty in bringing herself to speak on such a subject, after inconceivable bridlings of the head, and contortions of every muscle of her neck, she insinuated to him her fears […] === Anagrams === birdling