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1. n. The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.
2. n. Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint.
3. v. t. To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another.
4. v. t. To restrain; to control; to check.
5. v. i. To be guided by reins.
6. n. one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
7. n. any means of control
8. v. control and direct with or as if by reins
9. v. stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins
10. v. stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins
11. v. keep in check
12. 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. 1. To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another. He mounts and reins his horse. Chapman. 2. To restrain; to control; to check. Being once chafed, he can not Be reined again to temperance. Shak. To rein in or rein up, to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins. To be guided by reins. [R.] Shak.