Bridle iron
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Bri´dle i`ron
1. | (Arch.) A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had; - called also stirrup and hanger. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.