📒 a long narrow leather band that is attached to a metal bar in a horse’s mouth (= a bit) and is held by the rider in order to control the horse
📒 a pair of long narrow pieces of cloth or other material worn by a small child and held by an adult in order to stop the child from walking off and getting lost
📒 the state of being in control or the leader of something
📒 to give somebody complete freedom of action; to allow a feeling to be expressed freely
📒 to control somebody/something carefully or strictly