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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : reyn
Phonetic Transcription : reɪn



Definition of rein

Origin :
  • c.1300, "strap fastened to a bridle," from Old French rene, resne "reins, bridle strap, laces" (Modern French rêne), probably from Vulgar Latin *retina "a bond, check," back-formation from Latin retinere "hold back" (see retain). To give something free rein is originally of horses.
  • noun restraint, control
  • verb restrain, control
Example sentences :
  • He gathered in the rein until he had it six inches from the bit.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • To use the one rein meant a crash into the rail, and surely death.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Then he wiped the rein with his coat tail and looked at it admiringly.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Throbbing with a grateful, craving allegiance, I seized the rein.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • The first thing that occurred to him was to free Mukhorty's leg from the rein.
  • Extract from : « Master and Man » by Leo Tolstoy
  • The moment he obeys the rein and drops into a walk, the hand is to be relaxed.
  • Extract from : « The Young Lady's Equestrian Manual » by Anonymous
  • Some were mounted; some led by the rein, wiry little bronchos.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • That rein was, like the horse and the buggy, of more than middle age.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • He caught her rein and checked her horse along with his own.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • Sometimes, when it was a little harder to pull the rein, he slackened his pace.
  • Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis

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