checkrein

American  

[chek-reyn] / ˈtʃɛkˌreɪn /

noun

1. a short rein passing from the bit to the saddle of a harness, to prevent the horse from lowering its head.

2. a short rein joining the bit of one of a span of horses to the driving rein of the other.

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checkrein British  

/ ˈtʃɛkˌreɪn /

noun

1. the usual US word for bearing rein

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Etymology

Origin of checkrein

First recorded in 1800–10; check ¹ + rein

Example Sentences

Gradually and painfully, coached by colleagues and profiting by errors, Oppenheimer learned to put a checkrein on his galloping mind, to raise his voice, and to save, his sarcasms for showoffs and frauds.*

From Time Magazine Archive

The Federal Reserve restrictions have been as a checkrein on U. S. international bankers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Papadopoulos aims to keep a checkrein even on those men he has released.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the news from Europe was a hard checkrein on enthusiasm�the compressed beachhead below Rome, the slow inch-by-inch bitterness of Cassino.

From Time Magazine Archive

The system of checks and balances which it sets up has enabled the growing nation to adapt itself to every need and at the same time to checkrein every bid for arbitrary power.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel