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checkrein

check·rein
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [chek-reyn]
    • /ˈtʃɛkˌreɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [chek-reyn]
    • /ˈtʃɛkˌreɪn/

Definitions of checkrein word

  • noun checkrein a rein usually running from the bit to the saddle, used to keep a horse from lowering its head 3
  • noun checkrein 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. 1
  • noun checkrein a short rein joining the bit of one of a span of horses to the driving rein of the other. 1
  • noun checkrein A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck. 1

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Origin of checkrein

First appearance:

before 1800
One of the 42% newest English words
First recorded in 1800-10; check1 + rein

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Parts of speech for Checkrein

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

checkrein popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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