- A
scold's bridle,
sometimes called a witch's
bridle, a gossip's
bridle, a brank's
bridle, or
simply branks, was an
instrument of punishment, as a form...
- The
Scold's Bridle is a 1994
crime novel by
English writer Minette Walters. The book, Walters' third, won a CWA Gold Dagger.
Mathilda Gillespie, an eccentric...
-
quarrelling with
their neighbours. Most
punished for
scolding were women,
though men
could be
found to be
scolds. The offence,
which carried across in the English...
-
British television series such as The
Mayor of
Casterbridge and The
Scold's Bridle, and in the
United States television shows Empire, The
Night Of, Friends...
- up
bridle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Bridle usually refers to
headgear worn by
horses and
other animals that are
ridden or driven.
Bridle may...
- bit,
sometimes depicted as the
scold's bridle, uses
similar mechanics to that of the
common horse bit. The
scolds bridle however, is
almost always ****ociated...
- pinyin:
yapian zhanzheng). He also
appeared in the direct-to-TV film The
Scold's Bridle (1998). In 2000, a year
after Peck's
death from cancer, the stop-motion...
- of a ball gag.
Wikimedia Commons has
media related to Gags (BDSM).
Scold's bridle "Autoerotic Asphyxia". h2g2 – The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy:...
-
Mystery Writers of
America Edgar Award. Walters's
third novel, The
Scold's Bridle, then won the CWA Gold Dagger,
giving her a
unique treble. Walters's...
- The
shrew – an unpleasant, ill-tempered
woman characterised by
scolding, nagging, and
aggression – is a comedic,
stock character in
literature and folklore...
