Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rein-back

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: rein-back
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The two-beat movement in which a horse is asked to back up. The horse picks up and sets down its feet almost in diagonal pairs, and moves straight backwards with the line of the forelegs following those of the hind legs.

Inflected Forms

rein-backs (plural) reinback (alternative)

Questions

What does rein-back mean?: The two-beat movement in which a horse is asked to back up. The horse picks up and sets down its feet almost in diagonal pairs, and moves straight backwards with the line of the forelegs following those of the hind legs.

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