- rein-hand
- reinˈ-arm, reinˈ-hand nounNormally the left arm and hand respectively, opp to whip-hand• • •Main Entry: ↑rein
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rein-arm — reinˈ arm, reinˈ hand noun Normally the left arm and hand respectively, opp to whip hand • • • Main Entry: ↑rein … Useful english dictionary
Hand — 1. Alle Händ voll to dohne, seggt de ol Zahlmann1, on heft man êne. (Insterburg.) – Frischbier2, 1469. 1) Der Name eines Feldwächters in Insterburg. 2. Alten Händen hilft kein Nagelschminken. – Laus. Magazin, XXX, 251. Russisch Altmann V, 85. 3.… … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
Rein Taagepera — (born 28 February 1933) is an Estonian American political scientist and politician. Education Born in Tartu, Estonia, Taagepera fled from occupied Estonia in 1944. Taagepera graduated from high school in Marrakech, Morocco and then studied… … Wikipedia
Rein — For other uses, see Rein (disambiguation). Reins are used to slow and direct the animal … Wikipedia
Rein-back — The rein back is a dressage term to indicate the two beat movement in which a horse is asked to back up. The horse picks up and sets down its feet almost in diagonal pairs, and moves straight backwards with the line of his forelegs following… … Wikipedia
rein — noun 1 (often reins) for controlling a horse VERB + REIN ▪ hold ▪ Can you hold the reins for a minute? ▪ gather, gather up, pick up ▪ … Collocations dictionary
rein — ▪ I. rein rein 1 [reɪn] noun 1. keep a tight rein on something to control something strictly: • The finance director keeps a tight rein on spending. 2. take/hand over the reins to take or give someone control over an organization or country: • I … Financial and business terms
rein — rein1 [ reın ] noun count 1. ) usually plural a long narrow piece of leather fastened to a horse s head that the rider uses to control the horse a ) BRITISH a set of bands fastened around a small child that an adult holds so that the child can… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rein — rein1 [reın] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: rene, from Latin retinere; RETAIN] 1.) [C usually plural] a long narrow band of leather that is fastened around a horse s head in order to control it →↑bridle 2.) give (full/free) rein to sth … Dictionary of contemporary English
rein — I UK [reɪn] / US noun [countable] Word forms rein : singular rein plural reins 1) a) [usually plural] a long narrow piece of leather fastened to a horse s head that the rider uses to control the horse b) British a set of bands fastened around a… … English dictionary
