bearing rein

American  

noun

1. checkrein.

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bearing rein British  

noun

1. Usual US word: checkrein.  a rein from the bit to the saddle, designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position

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Etymology

Origin of bearing rein

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Trained to carry their heads well with a bearing rein.

From The Coverley Papers by Various

He was the one with the bearing rein and the white martingale.

From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

"Did you ever feel like a horse with a bearing rein, champing his bit?" she began the moment she burst into the room.

From The Heavenly Twins by Grand, Madame Sarah

He let the breath slowly free, checked, curbed, the bearing rein upon it all the way.

From Sally Bishop A Romance by Thurston, E. Temple (Ernest Temple)

When my father thought he had enough of standing still, he went up to him with a handful of sweet hay, let down the bearing rein, and had the wheels of the wagon released.

From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by Rarey, J. S. (John Solomon)