rein
Leather horse control
Reins are the straps attached to a horse's bridle that the rider holds to control direction and speed.
This concrete meaning extends to figurative control over anything: if you take the reins, you assume control; if you hand over the reins, you cede it.
To rein something in is to restrain or slow it down, like pulling back on a horse.
Free rein means unrestricted liberty to act.
The spelling is often confused with reign, which concerns monarchs rather than horses.
Equine control harness
- bitSmall amount or portion
- headstallBridle component encircling head
- nosebandBridle's lower facial strap
- snaffleJointed mouth bit
curb · Weymouth · hackamore · martingale · halter · harness · leather · strap
Domesticated riding animal
- riderOne who mounts transport
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
- dressageCompetitive precision riding
plow · team · coachman · postilion · jockey · equestrian · gallop · trot
Control over impulses
command · dominance · authority · discipline · moderation · constraint · containment · regulation
Ability to direct others
- successionFollowing in order
- transitionChange from one state
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- responsibilityState of being answerable
bridle
Equine control harness
- bitSmall amount or portion
- headstallBridle component encircling head
- nosebandBridle's lower facial strap
snaffle · curb · Weymouth · hackamore · martingale · halter · harness · leather · strap · buckle
horse
Domesticated riding animal
dressage · plow · team · coachman · postilion · jockey · equestrian · gallop · trot · canter
restraint
Control over impulses
grip · command · dominance · authority · discipline · moderation · constraint · containment · regulation · oversight
leadership
Ability to direct others
- successionFollowing in order
- transitionChange from one state
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- horsemanshipriding lesson, riding lessons, riding school, riding schools, riding instructor
- corps humainbras, dos, main, pied, cartilage
- homophoneshomophones, hear, here, see, sea
- dominateovercome, surpass, subdue, prevail, conquer
- tethersleash, tether, tie, line, cord
- tack hardwarebuckle, D-ring, O-ring, snap hook, rivet
reinfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · release · free rein · abandon · unrestraint
reinpowerlessness
Inability to affect outcomes
impotence · helplessness · loss of control · weakness · inability
- free reinUnrestricted freedom to act
- take the reinsBegin controlling a situation
- rein inLimit or control
- reined inRestrained or controlled
- reining inExercising control over
- holds the reinsHas governing control
reinforce, reins, reinforcement, reined, reintegrate, reining, reinitiate, reinvestigate