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leading reins

leading reins is the plural of leading rein.

Meaning of leading rein

Noun

leading rein (plural leading reins)

  1. A rein used to lead an animal (especially a horse) when there is no rider, or when the rider is young or inexperienced.
    • By that time I was going for rides of six or seven miles with Dixon, and the ‘leading-rein’ was a thing of the past.1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 11

Questions about leading reins

What is leading reins the plural of?
Leading reins is the plural of leading rein.

Words near leading reins in the dictionary

  1. leading on
  2. leading out
  3. leading question
  4. leading questions
  5. leading rein
  6. leading reins
  7. leading seaman
  8. leading seamen
  9. leading someone down the garden path
  10. leading someone up the garden path
  11. leading spoke

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