checkstring
checkstring · checkstrings
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go fasterA cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
Meaning
1 sensesA cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
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.
Origin
From check + string.From check + string.
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Forms
plural: checkstrings| Singular | checkstring |
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