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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.
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.
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.
REIN meaning: 1 : a strap that is fastened to a device (called a bridle) placed on the head of an animal (such as a horse) and that is used to guide and control the animal usually plural; 2 : the ability to limit or control something.
to check or guide (a horse or other animal) by exerting pressure on a bridle bit by means of the reins.
Definition of rein noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
any means of curbing, controlling, or directing; check; restraint. reins, the controlling or directing power: the reins of government. draw rein, to curtail one's speed or progress; halt: The rider saw the snake and drew rein sharply. give rein to, to give complete freedom to;
