saddlebow

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Not only was he of the same build, but he also had a bound knight thrown across the saddlebow of his mare.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

As their journey would be rapid they carried no stores with them, save three days' provisions, which each man carried at his saddlebow, and a bag containing a few feeds of corn for the horse.

From The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of Hannibal by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Yielding at last, where she could avail no more, the ranchwife fixed up a simple luncheon of bread and butter and jam, which she tied in a little package at Marion’s saddlebow.

From The Heart of Thunder Mountain by Fischer, Anton Otto

Far out on the plains of the Panhandle, he and his dogs had killed many a wolf, and now he never doubted that, within a few days, Old Lobo's scalp would dangle at his saddlebow.

From Wild Animals I Have Known by Seton, Ernest Thompson

Des Barres put him over his saddlebow; then took his prisoners into camp.

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry