CHECKREIN

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.

2.
n.

A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.


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