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checkstring

checkstring noun: a cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.

Noun

checkstring (plural checkstrings)

  1. A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
    • 1864,, William Stephens Hayward, Revelations of a Lady Detective, short story "Incognito", George Vickers, Strand
      I pulled the check-string, and gave him [the coachdriver] his instructions.
    • Mrs Hurstpierpoint - the dowager of the gleaming brows - leaned forward all at once in the carriage and pulled the checkstring attached to her footman's arm.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 4

Forms of checkstring

pluralcheckstrings

Origin of checkstring

From check + string.

Questions about checkstring

What does checkstring mean?
Checkstring means a cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
What part of speech is checkstring?
Checkstring is a noun.
What is the plural of checkstring?
The plural of checkstring is checkstrings.

Words near checkstring in the dictionary

  1. checkstay
  2. checkstays
  3. checkstones
  4. checkstop
  5. checkstops
  6. checkstring
  7. checkstrings
  8. checksum
  9. checksummed
  10. checksummer
  11. checksummers

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