English

Noun

checkstring ‎(plural checkstrings)

1. a cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 4

     Mrs Hurstpierpoint - the dowager of the gleaming brows - leaned forward all at once in the carriage and pulled the checkstring attached to her footman's arm.