rein
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3.6
- noun
- /reɪn/
:
rienda
- An image came to mind of Amanda on the wagon seat, the reins clenched in her hands.
- hold the reins
- tight reins
- reins on horses
You know, he's just like his horse doesn't even have reins.
- You know, he's just like his horse doesn't even have reins.
- However, the drunk stuntman that we used just decided that when he took my horse reins, he would take me straight into the pit instead of ending the shot there.
- And then no matter where it was, you just lift your hands like that in the reins.
Examples
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Holding the mule by its reins, Columbus tries to push his way through.
Fiction book (1992) -
Black Amos hurries from a door to catch the reins of the blowing, excited horse...
Fiction book (1992) -
Keep him on a tight rein!
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Just grab the reins with one hand.
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Your reins are too tight.
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Hold your reins properly in a firm hand.
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Joseph, grab the reins.
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Since you've taken the reins, that company's gone downhill.
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Riyan flexed stiff fingers around his reins and rotated his sore right shoulder.
Fiction book (1992) -
To turn the horse left, gently pull on the rein on your left side.
Synonyms
1
9.9
A rein used to keep a horse's head raised while pulling a carriage or when someone rides it
A strap on a horse's bridle that directs the horse's head left or right
A strap on a bridle that keeps a horse's head up
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.9
A rein used to keep a horse's head raised while pulling a carriage or when someone rides it
- Specialized
A plant with long stems of many small fragrant white flowers that grows in wet bogs
An orchid with thick stems and white fragrant flowers that grows along the United States Pacific coast
A North American orchid with small delicate blooms that grows from Alaska to Baja California and east to Colorado
- Specialized
A strap on a horse's bridle that directs the horse's head left or right
- Specialized
A wildflower from North America with a kidney-shaped lower part of the flower
- Specialized
A North American orchid with two round leaves and greenish white flowers on one stalk
How Controlling
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rein originally meant the long leather 'strap' a rider uses to guide or steer a horse, so the word first named the actual straps you hold when riding.