Meanings
nounbearing rein (plural bearing reins)
plural bearing reins · alternative bearing-rein
- A checkrein.
Day by day, hole by hole our bearing reins were shortened, and instead of looking forward with pleasure to having my harness put on as I used to do, I began to dread it.
[1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 105
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