Checkstring
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
"1864,, William Stephens Hayward, Revelations of a Lady Detective, short story "Incognito", George Vickers, Strand I pulled the check-string, and gave him [the coachdriver] his instructions."
Example
More examples"1864,, William Stephens Hayward, Revelations of a Lady Detective, short story "Incognito", George Vickers, Strand I pulled the check-string, and gave him [the coachdriver] his instructions."
Etymology
From check + string.
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