Bridal or bridal describes something connected to a woman on her wedding day, or connected to a bride--
She wore a bridal veil during the ceremony.
Her bridal trousseau is very chic.
Bridle or bridle ( rhymes with bridal ) means a part of a horse's harness, usually the part that goes through its mouth and ends in a set of reins--
Don't pull too hard on the bridle. It may upset the horse.
The colt isn't used to the bridle yet.
Bridle may also be used in a figurative way, to mean restrain or check--
His boss tried to get him to bridle his ambition.
Bridle may also mean to show resentment by making an upward movement of the head or stiffening the neck--
Her comments made him bridle with resentment.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"Her bridal gown had floral streamers that looked a bit like the decorated bridle a horse might wear in a parade."
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