Checked

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

• any means of control

• control and direct with or as if by reins

• stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins

• stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins

• keep in check

• tested and proved useful or correct

• tested and proved to be reliable

• continuing or remaining in a place or state

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted

• a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

• (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• stay put (in a certain place)

• dwell

• continue in a place, position, or situation

• remain behind

• stop or halt

• stay behind

• hang on during a trial of endurance

• stop a judicial process

• fasten with stays

• overcome or allay