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- Dictionaryrein/reɪn/
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 in 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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REIN definition: 1. a long, thin piece of material, especially leather, that helps you to control and direct a…. Learn more.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
[plural] (British English) a pair of long narrow pieces of cloth or other material worn by a small child and held by an adult in order to stop the child from walking off and getting lost. the reins. [plural] the state of being in control or the leader of something. It was time to hand over the reins of power (= to give control to somebody else).
Rein definition: 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.
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'
