checkstring

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noun

A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.

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Meanings

nouncheckstring (plural checkstrings)

plural checkstrings

  1. A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.

    1864,, William Stephens Hayward, Revelations of a Lady Detective, short story "Incognito", George Vickers, Strand I pulled the check-string, and gave him [the coachdriver] his instructions.

    1 more example

    Mrs Hurstpierpoint - the dowager of the gleaming brows - leaned forward all at once in the carriage and pulled the checkstring attached to her footman's arm.

    1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 4

Origin

From check + string.

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APA

checkstring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkstring

MLA

“checkstring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkstring. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “checkstring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkstring.

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