neck-rein

[ nek-reyn ]

/ ˈnɛkˌreɪn /

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to guide or direct (a horse) with the pressure of a rein on the opposite side of the neck from the direction in which the rider wishes to travel.

(of a horse) to respond to such pressure from a rein by going in the desired direction.

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First recorded in 1925–30

But his fingers moved through her silky strands of hair, and then down her neck.
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His chin rested on the thick plastic collar buckled around his neck.
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I received many bruises on my collarbones, neck, chest, and shoulders.
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Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo then sought to bring the hulking Garner down by yoking him around the neck.
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The 21-year-old was shot three times—twice in the back and once in the back of his neck.
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One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
As the window dropped, Ripperda saw the wounded postilion fall on the neck of his horse.
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About her neck was hung a covered basket and a door-key; and Davy at once concluded that she was Sindbad's house-keeper.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
The governor attacked him, and on the way down stabbed him in the neck, with such force that he tripped and fell down.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various