CHECKREIN

Etymology

Noun

checkrein (plural checkreins)

A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck.

Synonyms

• bearing rein

Source: Wiktionary


Check"rein`, n.

1. A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.

2. A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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