bridle path

noun

1. a wide path for riding horses.

bridle path

/ ˈbraɪdəlˌwɛɪ /

noun

1. a path suitable for riding or leading horses Also called (NZ)bridle track

Word History and Origins

Origin of bridle path¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

"I wish you were going, sire," she said politely, as he walked beside the horses to the end of the bridle path.

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Where we stood a bridle-path parted from it at a sharp angle and made its way over the lower skirts of the hill country.

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Other single equestrians came along the bridle-path, rising and falling from their park saddles in the park manner.

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A bridle path then led past the door and joined a road that was a short cut into Westhaven.

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The way before him was little more than a bridle-path along the earth thrown up beside a draining-ditch in a dense swamp.

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