BRIDLE    馬絡頭勒

TOOL PRODUCED USING ROPES, USED to DRIVE:steer HORSES.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. Lè 勒 refers to the whole set of head-gear put on the head and neck of a horse to steer or constrain it, and this includes as its main parts the items listed below. 2. Xián 銜 is the general word for any contraption put into a horse's mouth in order to steer or constrain it. Attached to the xián 銜 is the biāo 鑣 "bit-holder". 3. Jī 羈 refers to leather straps round the head which may or may not hold the xián 銜 in place, and is linked to the other strappings on the horse. 4. Biāo 鑣 is a metal contraption holding the bit in the mouth, and placed on the sides of the horse's mouth and preventing the bit from being pulled sideways out of the horse's mouth. Attached to the biāo 鑣 is the pèi 轡 "reins". 5. Pèi 轡 refers to the reins which hold the bit with its bit-holder in place. See REINS
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 COMMUNICATIONS 20. 勒，口中之銜鑣并連絡頭。 羈，以皮條編結用來網絡馬頭部的絡頭；作動詞，拘縛等義，用於各種事物，唯不用於馬。 轡頭，六朝以後可指馬絡頭。銜是橫勒馬口的馬嚼子，由端首置圓環的兩根銅條組成。其一端在口中勾連，另一端在口邊與鑣相接。 鑣在馬頰口邊，多作圓形或方形，中有孔。
Modern Chinese Criteria
馬勒 馬籠頭 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
Hypernym
  • TOOL　ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD. (anc: 5/0, child: 53)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    BRIDLE

    frenum is the bridle with which the rider breaks the wild horse.

    habena is the rein with which he turns the obedient horse.

    oreae was perhaps the generic term for bridle and reins.

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 1293

    • Words (8 items)

    羈  jī OC: kral MC: kiɛ 8 Attributions

    Jī 羈 refers to leather straps round the head which may or may not hold the xián 銜 in place, and is linked to the other strappings on the horse.

      Syntactic words
    • nreins made of leather straps
    • vtoNput the leash on (typically head)DS
    • vtoNpassivebe kept on leashCH
    銜  xián OC: ɢraam MC: ɦɣam 7 Attributions

    Xián 銜 is the general word for any contraption put into a horse's mouth in order to steer or constrain it. Attached to the xián 銜 is the biāo 鑣"bit-holder".

    • 中國佛教百科全書 Zhōngguó fójiào bǎikē quánshū Encyclopedic Book Collection on Chinese Buddhism ( YANG WEIZHONG 2000) p. {12-6}

      Syntactic words
    • nhorse's bit
    勒  lè OC: ɡ-rɯɯɡ MC: lək
    革  gé OC: krɯɯɡ MC: kɣɛk 3 Attributions

    Lè 勒 refers to the whole set of head-gear put on the head and neck of a horse to steer or constrain it, and this includes as its main parts the items listed below.

    • () p. {tab. 29}

      Syntactic words
    • nbit, with headgear
    • vtoNput the bridle on
    鑣  biāo OC: prew MC: piɛu 2 Attributions

    Biāo 鑣 is a metal contraption holding the bit in the mouth, and placed on the sides of the horse's mouth and preventing the bit from being pulled sideways out of the horse's mouth. Attached to the biāo 鑣 is the pèi 轡 "reins".

    • 中國佛教百科全書 Zhōngguó fójiào bǎikē quánshū Encyclopedic Book Collection on Chinese Buddhism ( YANG WEIZHONG 2000) p. {12-6}

      Syntactic words
    • ncontraption keeping horse-bit in the mouth of a horse
    橛  jué OC: ɡod MC: gi̯ɐt 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nhorse's bit
    鍚  yáng OC: k-laŋ MC: ji̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nfrontlet; horse bridle ornament
    鏑銜  dí xián MC: tek haem OC: k-leeɡ ɢraam 1 Attribution

      Syntactic words
    • NPbit (part of a horse's bridle)CH
    鞿  jī OC: kɯl MC: kɨi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbridle