Associations to the word «Checkrein»
Wiktionary
CHECKREIN, noun. A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck.
Dictionary definition
CHECKREIN, noun. A rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.