Word Meanings - REIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse. This knight laid hold upon his reyne. Chaucer. 2. Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing;

Additional info about word: REIN

1. The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse. This knight laid hold upon his reyne. Chaucer. 2. Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint. "Let their eyes rove without rein." Milton. To give rein, To give the rein to, to give license to; to leave withouut restrain. -- To take the reins, to take the guidance or government; to assume control.

Related words: (words related to REIN)

• KNIGHTLESS
  Unbecoming a knight. "Knightless guile." Spenser.
• CURBLESS
  Having no curb or restraint.
• STRAPPING
  Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. There are five and thirty strapping officers gone. Farquhar.
• HORSE-LEECHERY
  The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
• STRAP-SHAPED
  Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• HORSEMAN
  A mounted soldier; a cavalryman. A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly. A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus). (more info) 1.
• INSTRUMENTAL
  Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
• HORSEKNOP
  Knapweed.
• HORSERAKE
  A rake drawn by a horse.
• HORSEFLESH
  1. The flesh of horses. The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon. 2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh. Horseflesh ore , a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on
• FASTENER
  One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
• KNIGHT BANNERET
  A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field
• HORSEPLAY
  Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.
• RIDERLESS
  Having no rider; as, a riderless horse. H. Kingsley.
• GOVERNORSHIP
  The office of a governor.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• RESTRAINEDLY
  With restraint. Hammond.
• HORSE-JOCKEY
  1. A professional rider and trainer of race horses. 2. A trainer and dealer in horses.
• GOVERNABLENESS
  The quality of being governable; manageableness.
• UNKNIGHT
  To deprive of knighthood. Fuller.
• MISGOVERNED
  Ill governed, as a people; ill directed. "Rude, misgoverned hands." Shak.
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• REAR-HORSE
  A mantis.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• UNGOVERNABLE
  Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions. -- Un*gov"ern*a*bly, adv. Goldsmith.
• SAWHORSE
  A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.
• MISGOVERNMENT
  Bad government; want of government. Shak.