Lexical Definition

‎χαλινός‎ chalinós (khal-ee-nos') bridle ^G:N-M
from ‎χαλάω‎

bit, bridle.

• a curb or head-stall (as curbing the spirit)

Abbott-Smith

χαλινός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for מֶתֶג ;]
a bridle: Ja 3:3, Re 14:20.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

χαλινός

(Aeolic dialect χάλιννος probably in [Refs], ὁ, irregular plural χαλινά [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—bit, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the horse, χ. οὐκ ἐπίσταται φέρειν (metaphorically of Cassandra) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χ. δέχεσθαι, λαμβάνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸν χ. ἐνδακεῖν champ the bit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the rider, δοτέον τὸν χ. one must give a horse the rein, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀπίσω σπάσαι, ξυνέχειν ἀνάγκῃ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]—Expld. of the bit, opposed to reins (ἡνίαι), by [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but distinguished from στόμιον by [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and may be used generally for bit and bridle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 metaphorically, of anything which curbs, restrains, or compels, Ἀργοῦς χ., of an anchor, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. λινόδετοι, ={χαλινωτήρια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρθενίας χ. λύειν, of the virgin zone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαλινοῖς ἐν πετρίνοισιν, of Prometheus' bonds, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χαλινῶν ἀναύδῳ μένει, of forcible constraint, [Refs]; πολλῶν χαλινῶν ἔργον οἰάκων θ᾽ ἅμα, i.e. it requires much skill and force to guide, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ δήμῳ χ. ἐμβαλεῖν ὕβρεως a bridle to curb their violence, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II generally, strap, thong, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III part of the tackle of a ship, [Refs]
__IV corner of the horse's mouth, where the bit rests, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the human mouth, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; but, ={ἡ σύνδεσις τῶν γνάθων}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV.2 fangs of serpents, from their shape and position in the mouth, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]