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rein-backs

rein-backs is the plural of rein-back.

Meaning of rein-back

Noun

rein-back (plural rein-backs)

  1. The two-beat movement in which a horse is asked to back up. The horse picks up and sets down its feet almost in diagonal pairs, and moves straight backwards with the line of the forelegs following those of the hind legs.

Questions about rein-backs

What is rein-backs the plural of?
Rein-backs is the plural of rein-back.

Words near rein-backs in the dictionary

  1. rein hook
  2. rein hooks
  3. rein in
  4. rein up
  5. rein-back
  6. rein-backs
  7. Reina Mercedes
  8. Reinard
  9. Reinards
  10. reinaugurate
  11. reinaugurated

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