checkrein

noun

check·​rein ˈchek-ˌrān 

1

: a short rein looped over a hook on the saddle of a harness to prevent a horse from lowering its head

2

: a branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a pair with the bit of the other

Examples of checkrein in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The checkreins Buchanan and Tullock refer to would be embedded in a constitution designed to prevent precisely such action. —Alan Wolfe, New Republic, 12 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined at sense 1