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noun
- 1. a long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse's bit, typically used in pairs to guide or check a horse while riding or driving.
verb
- 1. check or guide (a horse) by pulling on its reins: "he reined in his horse and waited for her"
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The meaning of REIN is a strap fastened to a bit by which a rider or driver controls an animal —usually used in plural. How to use rein in a sentence.
a long, thin piece of material, especially leather, that helps you to control and direct a horse: You pull on both reins to stop or slow a horse, but only the left rein to turn left. UK. a strap that is put around a small child's body or wrist and held at the other end by an adult so that the adult can stop the child running away:
1. plural noun. Reins are the thin leather straps attached round a horse's neck which are used to control the horse. 2. plural noun. Journalists sometimes use the expression the reins or the reins of power to refer to the control of a country or organization.
verb. stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins. “They reined in in front of the post office” synonyms: rein in.
1. Either of two long narrow straps attached to each end of the bit of a bridle and used by a rider or driver to control a horse or other animal: The left rein slipped out of the driver's hands. The rider pulled on the reins, and the horse began to slow down. 2. A means of restraining or checking: kept a tight rein on expenditures.
REIN meaning: 1. a long, thin piece of material, especially leather, that helps you to control and direct a…. Learn more.
noun. Often a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit. any of certain other straps or thongs forming part of a harness, as a checkrein.
REIN meaning: 1 : a strap that is fastened to a device (called a bridle) placed on the head of an animal (such as a horse) and that is used to guide and control the animal usually plural; 2 : the ability to limit or control something.
rein. [countable, usually plural] a long narrow leather band that is attached to a metal bar in a horse’s mouth (= a bit) and is held by the rider in order to control the horse. She pulled gently on the reins. He took the reins and walked the horse down the street.
Definitions of 'rein' 1. Reins are the thin leather straps attached around a horse's neck which are used to control the horse. [...] 2. Journalists sometimes use the expression the reins or the reins of power to refer to the control of a country or organization. [...] 3. See to give someone free rein [...] More. Conjugations of 'rein'
