leading rein en · NOUN
Meanings
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A rein used to lead an animal (especially a horse) when there is no rider, or when the rider is young or inexperienced.
By that time I was going for rides of six or seven miles with Dixon, and the ‘leading-rein’ was a thing of the past.
1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 11:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| leading reins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |