ébrillade

\\|ābrē|yäd\ noun (-s)

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/

noun

The sudden jerking of a horse's rein when it refuses to turn

ORIGIN: Fr

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‖ 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.

Chambers Cycl. Supp. Johnson; and mod. Dicts.