Bible Dictionaries
Checkrein

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; - called also a bearing rein.

(2):

(n.) A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Checkrein'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/checkrein.html. 1828.