bride

bridle; strap; loop (of a button); bride (of lace); adhesion; flange

Inherited from Middle French bride, from Old French bride (“rein, bridle”), from Middle High German brīdel (“rein, bridle”), from Old High German brīdil (“rein, bridle”) (compare also Old High German brittil (“rein, strap”), French bretelle), from Proto-West Germanic *brigdil (“bridle”). Compare Spanish brida, Italian briglia. More at bridle.