All 22 Uses of
rein
in
The Killer Angels
- Longstreet took the reins of Pickett's horse.†
Chpt 1.4
- It will take him some days to pick up the reins.†
Chpt 1.4
- Lee reined to a stop.†
Chpt 1.4
- There were no heels today, but there was the horse he led by the reins.†
Chpt 1.4
- Gibbon came up and took the reins.†
Chpt 1.7
- Gibbon called a man to take the reins.†
Chpt 1.7
- He reined up, the horse rising and kicking the air.†
Chpt 2.4
- Vincent trotted coolly into the open, reined his horse.†
Chpt 2.4
- He reined up grandly, waved the hat in one long slow swop, bowed halfway down off the horse-a broad sweeping cavalier's gesture.†
Chpt 2.5
- One of Lee's people, Venable, had taken the reins of his horse.†
Chpt 2.5
- Marshall held the reins.†
Chpt 2.5
- Longstreet gathered the reins.†
Chpt 2.5
- He let go the reins of command.
Chpt 2.5 *reins = means of control
- Keep him on rein, but on a loose rein.†
Chpt 2.6
- Keep him on rein, but on a loose rein.†
Chpt 2.6
- Chamberlain took the reins, woke Ellis Spear, told him to take over.†
Chpt 3.3
- He reined up, but was hopping around in the saddle, patting the horse, slapping his own thigh, gesturing wildly, pointing, grinning.†
Chpt 3.4
- Kemper said, "Come quick, come quick, for God's sake," and reined the horse up and turned back to the right.†
Chpt 3.4
- The old man reined up and stood for a moment immobile, head turned eastward toward the enemy, the gray hat on the horn of the saddle.†
Chpt 3.5
- The staff was around him, someone had the reins of the horse.†
Chpt 3.5
- He looked down slowly and pulled at the reins slowly and said carefully, "Major, you better let this damned horse go."†
Chpt 3.5
- Goree was down and Longstreet reined up.†
Chpt 3.5
Definition:
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(rein as in: to rein in their activities) to restrain or control; or a means of controlThe meaning of rein depends upon its context. For example:
- "keep a tight rein on the new employee," or "rein in a horse" -- to control or restrain
- "give the new employee free rein," or "give the horse full rein" -- do not restrain
- "the reins of government" -- means of control
- "the reins of the horse" -- leather straps used with a bit to control a horse (You might like to think of other senses of rein as being figurative derivations from this sense.)