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- DictionaryRein/rān/
noun
- 1. a long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse's bit, typically used in pairs to guide or check a horse while riding or driving.
verb
- 1. check or guide (a horse) by pulling on its reins: "he reined in his horse and waited for her"
The meaning of REIN is a strap fastened to a bit by which a rider or driver controls an animal —usually used in plural. How to use rein in a sentence.
noun. Often a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit. any of certain other straps or thongs forming part of a harness, as a checkrein.
to allow something to happen freely and completely: This is a post which will give your talents full rein. It's a task that requires you to allow full rein to your imagination. keep a tight rein on sth. to control something very carefully: We need to keep a tight rein on the advertising budget.
Rein is both a noun and a verb for guiding and restraining. You can use the long strap, or rein, on a horse to control its speed and direction, and you can rein in your own tongue by closing your mouth.
to allow something to happen freely and completely: This is a post which will give your talents full rein. It's a task that requires you to allow full rein to your imagination. keep a tight rein on sth. to control something very carefully: We need to keep a tight rein on the advertising budget.
noun. 1. (often plural) one of a pair of long straps, usually connected together and made of leather, used to control a horse, running from the side of the bit or the headstall to the hand of the rider, driver, or trainer. 2. a similar device used to control a very young child.
1. Often, reins. a leather strap fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal. 2. any of certain other straps or thongs forming part of a harness. 3. a means of curbing, controlling, or directing; check; restraint.
