Checkrein

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to horses' necks.
2
a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position wordnet

Synonyms

bearing rein bearing rein arrest bar bellyband bit

Etymology

From check + rein.

Related phrases

checkrein ligament

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