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bearing reins

bearing reins is the plural of bearing rein.

Meaning of bearing rein

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

Questions about bearing reins

What is bearing reins the plural of?
Bearing reins is the plural of bearing rein.

Words near bearing reins in the dictionary

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

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