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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.
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 long, thin piece of material, especially leather, that helps you to control and direct a…. Learn more.
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.
noun. any means of control. “he took up the reins of government” see more. verb. control and direct with or as if by reins. “ rein a horse” synonyms: draw rein, harness, rein in. see more. verb. stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins. “He reined in his horses in front of the post office” synonyms: rein in. see more. verb. keep in check.
draw rein, to curtail one's speed or progress; halt: The rider saw the snake and drew rein sharply. give rein to , to give complete freedom to; indulge freely: to give rein to one's imagination. : Also give free rein to, give full rein to.
[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 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.
