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单词 to draw rein
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to draw rein
P6. transitive. to draw bridle (also †to draw bit, to draw rein) and variants: to stop or slow one's horse by pulling at the reins; to pull up; (figurative) to pause, slacken speed. Frequently in negative constructions.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)]
i-swikec893
swikec897
atwindc1000
linOE
studegieOE
stintc1175
letc1200
stuttea1225
leavec1225
astint1250
doc1300
finec1300
blina1325
cease1330
stable1377
resta1382
ho1390
to say or cry ho1390
resta1398
astartc1400
discontinuec1425
surcease1428
to let offc1450
resista1475
finish1490
to lay a straw?a1505
to give over1526
succease1551
to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556
end1557
to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560
stick1574
stay1576
to draw bridle1577
to draw rein1577
to set down one's rest1589
overgive1592
absist1614
subsista1639
beholdc1650
unbridle1653
to knock offa1657
acquiesce1659
to set (up) one's rest1663
sista1676
stop1689
to draw rein1725
subside1734
remit1765
to let up1787
to wind (up) one's pirna1835
to cry crack1888
to shut off1896
to pack in1906
to close down1921
to pack up1925
to sign off1929
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > riding a horse (or other animal) [phrase] > stop (a horse)
to draw bridle1577
to draw bit1591
to draw rein1725
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > rein in
reina1525
to draw rein1725
to take up1912
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 630/1 But the Earle warned thereof, secretely departed, accompanyed only with one man, and neuer drew bridle out of hys Horses mouth, vntill he came to Readyng.
1591 E. Aggas tr. Breefe Descr. Battailes, Victories & Triumphes 14 His Maiestie found himselfe within one leage of the Duke of Mains lodging, wherupon suddenly without drawing bit, he purposed to finde him at his bed.
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 171 And for three years has rid your Wit And Passion without drawing Bit.
1679 J. Somerville Memorie Somervilles (1815) II. 349 He..never drew bridle untill he came the lenth of Leads.
1725 C. Pitt tr. M. G. Vida Art Poetry iii. 109 Sometimes the god-like fury he restrains, Checks his impetuous speed, and draws the reins.
1782 W. Cowper Table Talk in Poems 35 Spendthrift alike of money and of wit, Always at speed and never drawing bit.
1834 G. P. R. James Life & Adventures John Marston Hall I. x. 113 We set spurs to our beasts, and never drew a rein for twenty miles.
1840 Goshen (Indiana) Democrat 15 Oct. A gentleman..drew bridle..in front of one of the roughest bughouses in the county.
1892 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 18 Nov. 108/2 They are frequently ridden sixty or seventy miles without drawing bit.
1941 Béaloideas 11 38 He drew bridle then and gave his steed a third drink and the strong beast cleared the sea.
1998 D. C. Pfanz R. S. Ewell xii. 177 A solitary horseman rode through the sleeping camps of the Valley Army and drew rein at Stonewall Jackson's headquarters.
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