The ___ of government (5 letters)

{ Answer }

REINS

{ Related Clues }

Checks
Control
Controls
Curbs
Pulls (in)
Restrains
Restraints
An anagram for siren
Arcaro's checkers
Bridle attachments
Bridle parts
Bridle straps
Coachman's handful
Control, symbolically
Controlling power
Controls for colts
Dancer's controls?
Equestrian's controls
Gear for charioteers
Horse holders
Jockey straps
Jockey's controls
Jockey's handful
Kin of martingales
Means of control
Power to control
Saddlers' products
Straps in a sleigh
Gee-haw controls
Holds one's horses?
Plow driver's handful
They're held by Santa
They can be a handful
They exist from hand to mouth
They may reach a bit
What Stanley Dancer holds
They may run down the neck

{ Tags }

bridle, checks, control, controlling, controls, exist, government, hand, handful, holds, horses, jockeys, martingales, ones, power, products, reins, saddlers, straps, their, they

{ Notes }

The answer REINS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 190 puzzles.

{ Definition }

REIN as a noun:

1. one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse

2. any means of control; "he took up the reins of government"

REIN as a verb:

1. (harness, rein in, draw rein, rein) = control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse"

2. (rein, rein in) = stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office"

3. (rein, rein in) = stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office"

4. (rule, harness, rein) = keep in check; "rule one's temper"