checkstring

== English == === Etymology === From check +‎ string. === Noun === checkstring (plural checkstrings) A 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. 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.