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checkrein

checkrein noun: a strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to horses' necks.

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

checkrein meaning in Tamil

checkrein in Tamil

வாய்முள் வள்பு

Synonyms of checkrein

Forms of checkrein

pluralcheckreins
alternative formcheck-rein

Origin of checkrein

From check + rein.

Words formed from checkrein

  • checkrein ligament

Questions about checkrein

What does checkrein mean?
Checkrein means a strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to horses' necks.
What is checkrein in Tamil?
Checkrein in Tamil is வாய்முள் வள்பு. See Checkrein meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is checkrein?
Checkrein is a noun.
What is the plural of checkrein?
The plural of checkrein is checkreins.

Words near checkrein in the dictionary

  1. checkpoints
  2. checkpost
  3. checkposts
  4. checkrail
  5. checkrails
  6. checkrein
  7. checkreins
  8. checkride
  9. checkrides
  10. checkroll
  11. checkrolls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: checkrein (page history and authors); checkrein (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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