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check-rein
Etymology
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check
+
rein
Noun
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checkrein
(
plural
checkreins
)
A
strap
used to keep
horses
' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to horses' necks.
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bearing rein
Derived terms
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checkrein ligament
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en:Horse tack