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check-rein

check-rein is the alternative form of checkrein.

Meaning of checkrein

Noun

checkrein (plural checkreins)

  1. A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to horses' necks.
    Synonyms:
    bearing rein

Forms of check-rein

pluralcheck-reins

Questions about check-rein

What is check-rein the alternative form of?
Check-rein is the alternative form of checkrein.

Words near check-rein in the dictionary

  1. check-rails
  2. check-raise
  3. check-raised
  4. check-raises
  5. check-raising
  6. check-rein
  7. check-reins
  8. check-swing
  9. check-swings
  10. check-taker
  11. check-takers

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