checkrein

English

Alternative forms

check-rein

Etymology

check +‎ rein

Noun

checkrein (plural checkreins)

A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to horses' necks.

Synonyms

bearing rein

Derived terms

checkrein ligament

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