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reinless, a.|ˈreɪnlɪs|
[f. rein n.1 + -less.]
1. Without a rein or reins:
a. of a horse.
1559Mirr. Mag., Dk. Clarence xxix, She tearms..A wilfull prince, a raynelesse raging horse. 1591Harington Orl. Fur. xxiv. xxxix, Untill his rainlesse horse bare him away. 1801Southey Thalaba vi. ix, The benignant Power, Who sent the reinless steed. a1881Rossetti House of Life xc, The void car, hurled Abroad by reinless steeds.
b. of a driver or rider.
1873W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 326 If I had been blind and reinless, I should have gone without a bump. 1892Daily News 28 Dec. 5/4 The reinless rider acquires a firmer seat.
2. transf. and fig. Unchecked, unrestrained.
1566Drant Horace, Sat. i. vi. D iij b, Leuinus..Through lyfe corrupt, and rainlesse youth dyd worke his fames decay. 1772Gentl. Mag. XLII. 240 The reinless fury Of the mad whirlwinds. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam vi. xix, With rein⁓less speed A black Tartarian horse of giant frame Comes trampling over the dead. 1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. III. iv. vi. §2 The reinless play of the imagination. |