- ébrillade
- \\|ābrē|yäd\ noun
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Etymology: obsolete French ébrillade, esbrillade, from Italian sbrigliata, from sbrigliare to jerk the rein, unbridle, from s- (from Latin ex-) + -brigliare, from briglia bridle, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old English brigdils bridle, Old High German brittil rein — more at bridle: a checking of a horse by means of jerking one rein when he refuses to turn
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ébrillade /ā-brē-(l)yädˈ/nounThe sudden jerking of a horse's rein when it refuses to turnORIGIN: Fr* * *
‖ ebrillade[Fr.]Manège. A check of the bridle which the horseman gives to the horse, by a jerk of one rein, when he refuses to turn.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.