noun
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A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
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An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
verb
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To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
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To restrain; to control; to check.
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To obey directions given with the reins.
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(chiefly in plural) A kidney.
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The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
Examples of reins in a Sentence
Carmen sawed on the reins, trying to slow her down.
He slapped the horses with the reins and they started out in the direction of the ranch.
She dismounted and held out the reins to him.
He picked up the reins and released the break, addressing her father and the twins.
All three got into the buggy and Zeb picked up the reins, though Jim needed no guidance of any sort.
In this manner of holding the reins the snaffle is not so likely to slip, while the curb can be easily slackened or drawn tighter.
He held the reins in one hand and his rifle in the other.
He gripped the horse's reins and mounted.
Inside the shed Alpatych and the coachman arranged the tangled reins and traces of their horses with trembling hands.
You lay the reins against one side of his neck, like this.
As Giddon grabbed the reins, Diablo turned his head to look at his master.
The reins fell loosely against Pegasus's shoulders which led up to a bitless bridle.
He picked up the reins.
Am I going to have to take the reins?
The king is not mentioned - which on Credner's view is explained by assuming that the plague fell in the minority of Joash, when the priest Jehoiada held the reins of power - and the princes, councillors and warriors necessary to an independent state, and so often referred to by the prophets before the exile, are altogether lacking.
They may be found carefully catalogued with all their included species in Reins Japan, and highly interesting researches by Japanese physiographists are recorded in the Journal of the College of Science of the Imperial University of TOkyo.
From 1849 to 1852 the reins were National government issues.
In 1448 he assumed the reins of government and at the same time married Isabella, Dom Pedro's daughter.
You can't have liberal trading rulings without loosening the political reins.
Dollars brings bettors grid from the retook the reins will be better.
In Germany, government measures to tighten the reins on healthcare spending have resulted in an upsurge in cheaper imported medicines.
James then seized the reins of government in Scotland himself.
In many instances governments tried to create educated social classes to help run colonial civil services, which later assumed the reins of power.
It relies entirely on rider skill, depending on the use of the draw reins to encourage correct head carriage.
Don't saw on the reins.
Alex said, grabbing the reins.
He chuckled and handed her the reins.
He snatched the reins from her hand and turned to Ed.
She strode to her horse, hands trembling as she took the reins.
Matthias was to be the nominal ruler, he himself with the title of lieutenantgeneral to hold the reins of power.
Mem de Sa continued to hold the reins of government in Brazil upon terms of the best understanding with the clergy, and to the great advantage of the colonies, for fourteen years.
Grey was manoeuvred out of office, and Sir John Hall and Sir Harry Atkinson, able opponents, took the reins with a mission to reinstate the finances and restore confidence.
The Radicals went out in 1889, and the Democrats held the reins of power till 1897, their leader being Gustave Ador.
The National Council at Prague issued a proclamation of independence and took over the reins of government.
Having taken up the reins, the rider should stand at his horse's near (left) shoulder, facing towards the tail, and in that position hold the stirrup with his right hand for the reception of his left foot.
The proper adjustment of the reins is the next thing to be attended to, and as the management of these depends so much upon the seat being firm and independent of the bridle the acquisition of a firm seat is certainly half-way towards the acquirement of good hands.
An excellent way to start a pupil is on a sure-footed horse without bridle, the master governing him by a leading rein until the pupil has acquired a firm seat and can be trusted with reins.
After having been some time in a training stable, a lad is put on a quiet horse at exercise; his stirrups are adjusted, and the reins knotted for him at a proper length.
Much depended on the character and personality of the young prince who had now taken into his hands the reins of government, and for half a century was to guide the destinies of the nation.
Besides this the harness of each horse consisted of a bridle and a pair of reins, mostly the same as in use now, made of leather and ornamented with studs of ivory or metal.
The reins were passed through rings attached to the collar bands or yoke, and were long enough to be tied round the waist of the charioteer in case of his having to defend himself.
He was one of the band that for a moment seized the reins of power on the 31st of October, and for his share in that outbreak he was again condemned to death on the 17th of March of the following year.
In December 1774 the young "hereditary prince" of Weimar, Charles Augustus, passing through Frankfort on his way to Paris, came into personal touch with Goethe, and invited the poet to visit Weimar when, in the following year, he took up the reins of government.
Wahab-allath or Athenodorus (as the name was Graecized), her son by Odainath, being still a boy, she took the reins of government into her own hands.
In 1152 came the inevitable struggle between the young king and his mother, who had ruled with wisdom and vigour during the regency and was unwilling to lay down the reins of power.
The chief recommendation put forward to mend the system comprised lengthening of all sentences, a diminution in the dietaries, the abolition of large gratuities, and, speaking broadly, a general tightening of the reins.
He himself did not take the field, but remained in Medina with the exception of his visit to Syria in 638; he never, however, suffered the reins to slip from his grasp, so powerful was the influence of his personality and the Moslem community of feeling.
He had not been wanting in energy and ability, and kept the reins of the government in his own hands.
He was an old man; his mind was soon to give way; and for some time before his death on the 2nd of August 1849 the reins of power were held by his son and successor Ibrahim,who did not long survive him.
Bairam, however, was naturally despotic and cruel; and when order was somewhat restored, Akbar found it necessary to take the reins of government into his own hands, which he did by a proclamation issued in March 1560.