All 50 Uses of
rein
in
Lonesome Dove
- They rode right up to the back porch before they drew rein.†
Chpt 5-6
- Her shoulders were bare, which startled him so that he dropped a rein.†
Chpt 7-8
- It was only when they loped over a ridge and surprised a sizable herd of longhorns that the Captain drew rein.†
Chpt 9-10
- Stepping to the end of his rein, he began to relieve himself.†
Chpt 9-10
- When they had ridden south two or three more miles, Call drew rein.†
Chpt 9-10
- " Newt gripped his reins tightly and mashed his hat down on his head every few minutes--he didn't want to lose his hat.†
Chpt 9-10
- " "I'm going a little closer," Deets said, handing Newt his reins.†
Chpt 9-10
- With his eyes toward the gunfire Newt was unprepared for the leap, and lost a stirrup and one rein but held on to the saddle horn and kept his seat.†
Chpt 11-12
- Call loosened his rein and let the mare drink.†
Chpt 11-12
- Call let the mare drink all she wanted before gathering his rein.†
Chpt 11-12
- When he took the reins Lorena felt a deeper fright than she had ever known.†
Chpt 30-31
- The black man was looking back watchfully, lifting her reins a bit so as to keep the horse's head out of the water.†
Chpt 30-31
- With a smile, the black man handed her back her wet reins.†
Chpt 30-31
- JAKE HAD FORGOTTEN to hobble the horses--he remembered it when the first lightning struck and Lorena's young mare suddenly snapped her rein and ran off.†
Chpt 32-33
- Newt held his reins, still crying, and let Mouse do the work.†
Chpt 34-35
- The mules had the stump moving, and she kept at them, popping them with the reins and yelling at them as if they were deaf, while Roscoe lay there and watched the big stump slowly come out of the hole where it had been for so many years.†
Chpt 36-37
- Lippy was on the seat, but he didn't have the reins and couldn't stop the team.†
Chpt 40-41
- " "Gracias, Capitan," Bol said, when Call handed him the reins to the gelding.†
Chpt 40-41
- But he had taken a wrap around his hand with one rein and held on, hoping the rein wouldn't snap.†
Chpt 44-45
- But he had taken a wrap around his hand with one rein and held on, hoping the rein wouldn't snap.†
Chpt 44-45
- The rein held, and Call got to his feet and caught the other rein.†
Chpt 44-45
- The rein held, and Call got to his feet and caught the other rein.†
Chpt 44-45
- He decided to find some braided horsehair reins when he got to Austin--the thin leather rein he was using could easily have snapped.†
Chpt 44-45
- He decided to find some braided horsehair reins when he got to Austin--the thin leather rein he was using could easily have snapped.†
Chpt 44-45
- He looped his rein over a tree limb and went walking back toward Lorena's.†
Chpt 46-47
- Newt knew the stampede might have scared him and caused him to break the rein, but there was no broken rein hanging from the tree where Mouse had been tied.†
Chpt 46-47
- Newt knew the stampede might have scared him and caused him to break the rein, but there was no broken rein hanging from the tree where Mouse had been tied.†
Chpt 46-47
- She wanted to turn her horse and flee, hopeless as that was, but while she sat in a cold sweat of fear Blue Duck turned and caught her bridle, wrapping her reins around his saddle horn.†
Chpt 48-49
- Then Blue Duck reined in and quickly dropped the saddle off his horse.†
Chpt 48-49
- He wheeled the horse around and started to put him into a run, but Janey jerked on the reins.†
Chpt 52-53
- Roscoe was slumped over the horn, asleep, and the girl held the reins.†
Chpt 52-53
- Then he drew his knife, wrapped the bridle reins tightly around one hand, and jabbed the knife into the horse's neck, slashing the jugular vein.†
Chpt 56-57
- Finally, with the camp not more than a mile away, Augustus drew rein.†
Chpt 56-57
- He had kept a tight grip on the reins and the horse didn't break free, but Newt had a time calming him enough that he could remount.†
Chpt 62-63
- Again, he managed to hang on to his reins, but he was naked, and hailstones were pounding all around him.†
Chpt 62-63
- Luke had to grab the reins with his pants half down, and when he did, Elmira grabbed Zwey's extra rifle.†
Chpt 66-67
- They were fifty yards from the tent, so Call drew rein.†
Chpt 66-67
- When he tried to change his reins from one hand to another, he closed his hand on several grasshoppers and almost dropped his rein.†
Chpt 66-67
- When he tried to change his reins from one hand to another, he closed his hand on several grasshoppers and almost dropped his rein.†
Chpt 66-67
- Little Eddie handed Jake his rein.†
Chpt 68-69
- Frog Lip reined in his horse and watched as both cows fell through the roof of the sod house.
Chpt 68-69 *reined in = restrained or controlled (by pulling on straps used to control a horse)
- Newt was about to take the reins when Dish Boggett intervened.†
Chpt 70-71
- The moon was well over in the west before Dan Suggs drew rein.†
Chpt 70-71
- "He must have slept with the damn reins in his hand or he'd have never got to his horse.†
Chpt 70-71
- "I found the man," Deets said, drawing rein.†
Chpt 72-73
- Captain Call drew rein, but Augustus rode up to them and shot two with his pistol.†
Chpt 74-74
- Call took the rein of Dan Suggs's horse, just in case Dan tried some-thing--though there was little he could try.†
Chpt 74-74
- The woman drew rein and looked down at them as if dazed.†
Chpt 75-76
- Zwey immediately handed the reins to Luke and went back to help cover her up.†
Chpt 75-76
- He spat once more at Dish and reached to take the filly's reins.†
Chpt 85-86
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.)