Rareyn.
/ˈrɛːri/, U.S. /ˈrɛri/ Now historical.
attributive. Denoting the equipment or method used by Rarey to tame horses.Rarey's method involved teaching a horse not to fear humans by showing it gentleness while it was in a state of submission; such a state was achieved by tying the horse's foreleg up with a strap and compelling it to lie down.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [adjective] > relating to horse-breaking
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [adjective] > types of training equipment
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > horse-breaking or -training > by means of J. S. Rarey's method
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1856 J. S. Rarey (title) The modern art of taming wild horses.]
1858 N.Y. Times 13 May 5 He has authorized the Messrs. Tattersalls to pay any man a thousand guineas if the latter will prove to them that he understands and can teach the Rarey system.
1860 H. S. Olcott Outl. First Course Yale Agric. Lect. 175 Affection to his master, personally, is the great result of the Rarey method.
1875 S. Sidney Bk. Horse xxvi. 562 The Rarey principle consists in teaching the colt as much as possible without putting him in any pain, and without frightening him by any strange sight or sound.
1875 S. Sidney Bk. Horse xxvi. 565 (caption) Horse, with Rarey fittings.
1875 S. Sidney Bk. Horse xxvi. 567 The application of the Rarey straps in the following manner affords a better chance of success than the ordinary exhausting plans of old-fashioned colt-breakers and of circus-riders.
1905 S. Galvayne 20th Cent. Bk. Horse 100 (heading) The Rarey system.
1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts Oct. 724/2 The ‘Rarey’ method of throwing a horse is explained.
2002 R. L. Palsgrove Groveport & Madison Township i. 17 John refined his humane ‘Rarey Method’ of training horses and built a strong reputation nationally as a horse trainer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Rareyv.
/ˈrɛːri/, U.S. /ˈrɛri/ Now rare.
transitive and intransitive. To tame or train (a horse) using Rarey's methods (see Rarey n.). Also in extended use. Cf. Rareyfy v.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > break a horse > by specific method
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1859 Constitutional Press Oct. 47 You have to Rarey them [sc. the British], before they will allow you to go up to their heads, you must give them praise.
1905 S. Galvayne 20th Cent. Bk. Horse 100 It may not be uninteresting to the reader to briefly explain the method of ‘Rareying’ a horse.
1962 Huntly Express 4 May 2 Fyles rareyin' at that fashious meer.
Derivatives
ˈRareying n. the action or practice of using Rarey's methods to break in a horse.
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1911 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 725/1 The method of subduing a colt by ‘galvayning’ is as good as any. It is a more humane system than ‘rareying’, which overcame by exhaustion under circumstances which were not fruitful of permanent results.
1942 ‘M. Innes’ Daffodil Affair i. v. 31 Well I always suspected rareying with Daffodil—though, mind you, it may have been galvayning all the same.
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