checkrein
[
chek
-reyn]
/ˈtʃɛkˌreɪn/
noun
1.
a short
rein
passing from the bit to the saddle of a harness, to prevent the horse from lowering its head.
Compare
overcheck
(def 2),
sidecheck
.
2.
a short
rein
joining the bit of one of a span of horses to the driving
rein
of the other.
Origin
1800-10;
check
1
+
rein
Examples from the web for
checkrein
What the twentieth century requires is the
checkrein
, not the goad.
British Dictionary definitions for
checkrein
checkrein
/
ˈtʃɛkˌreɪn
/
noun
1.
the usual US word for
bearing rein