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bearing rein

bearing rein noun: a checkrein.

Noun

bearing rein (plural bearing reins)

  1. A checkrein.
    • Day by day, hole by hole our bearing reins were shortened, and instead of looking forward with pleasure to having my harness put on as I used to do, I began to dread it.[1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 105

Forms of bearing rein

pluralbearing reins
alternative formbearing-rein

Questions about bearing rein

What does bearing rein mean?
Bearing rein means a checkrein.
What part of speech is bearing rein?
Bearing rein is a noun.
What is the plural of bearing rein?
The plural of bearing rein is bearing reins.

Words near bearing rein in the dictionary

  1. bearing on
  2. bearing oneself
  3. bearing out
  4. bearing pile
  5. bearing piles
  6. bearing rein
  7. bearing reins
  8. bearing sword
  9. bearing swords
  10. bearing the brunt
  11. bearing the scars

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