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REINS

Volume 16 · 69 words · 1797 Edition

in anatomy, the same with Kidneys. See Anatomy, n° 151.

Reins of a Bridle, are two long slips of leather, fastened on each side of a curb or snaffle, which the rider holds in his hand, to keep the horse in subjection.

There is also what is called false reins; which is a lath of leather, passed sometimes through the arch of the banquet, to bend the horse's neck.