Crossword clues for reining
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rein \Rein\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reined (r?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reining.]
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To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another.
He mounts and reins his horse.
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To restrain; to control; to check.
Being once chafed, he can not Be reined again to temperance.
--Shak.To rein in or To rein up, (a) to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins. Hence, (a) to cause (a person) to slow down or cease some activity; -- to rein in is used commonly of superiors in a chain of command, ordering a subordinate to moderate or cease some activity deemed excessive.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of rein English)
Wikipedia
Reining is a western riding competition for horses where the riders guide the horses through a precise pattern of circles, spins, and stops. All work is done at the lope (a slow, relaxed version of the horse gait more commonly known worldwide as the canter), or the gallop (the fastest of the horse gaits). Originating from working cattle, reining is often described as a Western form of dressage riding, as it requires the horse to be responsive and in tune with its rider, whose aids should not be easily seen, and judges the horse on its ability to perform a set pattern of movements. The horse should be willingly guided or controlled with little or no apparent resistance and dictated to completely. A horse that pins his ears, conveying a threat to his rider, refuses to go forward, runs sideways, bounces his rear, wrings his tail in irritation or displays an overall poor attitude is not being guided willingly, and is judged accordingly.
Usage examples of "reining".
The rider guided his dust-streaked mount straight to Fornal, reining up, then swallowing as he looked at the regent.
Tonsar arrived beside Ayrlyn at the same time Nylan did, reining up with a flourish.
Shannow sat unmoving in the saddle and rode on, reining in his mount at the steps to the alehouse.
Farinelli toward the section of the mesa that formed an overlook, reining up a good ten yards back from the edge, marked by fissured white limestone, partly covered with the red dirt.
Captain Alex Randall swore into the cold night and reining in his horse gathered the heavy folds about him again, gripping the slack beneath his arm.
Jaalam said, reining his gray up beside Ituralde, who shrugged slightly.
The mare was eager to lunge, eager to run, away from that wind, and she had trouble reining the animal in.
The sudden rush of heat, of desire, had them both reining quickly back.