DCHP-1 Online
bridle 
n. the loop of a snowshoe in which the toes are placed.
- 1931 . . . slipping with deft ankle movements into the bridles of an immense pair of trail breakers (large snowshoes), shoes of an Indian rig, [he] waves his hand and is away.
- 1931 . . . slipping with deft ankle movements into the bridles of an immense pair of trail breakers (large snowshoes), shoes of an Indian rig, [he] waves his hand and is away.