reinless

English

Etymology

rein +‎ -less

Adjective

reinless (comparative more reinless, superlative most reinless)

1. Not having, or not governed by, reins.
   • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 268:

     Lo! with reinless speed
     A black Tartarian horse of giant frame
     Comes trampling o’er the dead; the living bleed
     Beneath the hoofs of that tremendous steed,
     On which, like to an Angel, robed in white,
     Sate one waving a sword;—the hosts recede […]

2. (by extension) Not checked or restrained.

References

• “reinless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.