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A rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position
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checkrein
Word definitions for checkrein in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position [syn: bearing rein ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Checkrein \Check"rein`\, n. A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein . A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.
Usage examples of checkrein.
And when that effect was sufficiently and unmistakably evident, Lady Rebecca Divin-Harrison swung triumphantly and exuberantly aboard, with spurs, whip, checkrein, and posted tirelessly and happily across the endless moors.
The system of checks and balances which it sets up has enabled the growing nation to adapt itself to every need and at the same time to checkrein every bid for arbitrary power.