Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

checkstring

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: check-string
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.

Example Sentences

"1864,, William Stephens Hayward, Revelations of a Lady Detective, short story "Incognito", George Vickers, Strand I pulled the check-string, and gave him [the coachdriver] his instructions."
"Mrs Hurstpierpoint - the dowager of the gleaming brows - leaned forward all at once in the carriage and pulled the checkstring attached to her footman's arm."

Etymology

From check + string.

Inflected Forms

checkstrings (plural)

Questions

What does checkstring mean?: A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
Where does checkstring come from?: From check + string.

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