surcingle

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He immediately pulled up his horse, and, dismounting, unstrapped the surcingle of his saddle.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various

The girth and surcingle are of leather, with an ordinary woolen saddle-blanket.

From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Marcy, Randolph Barnes

The surcingle is then buckled over the saddle, and should be a little looser than the cincha.

From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by Department, U. S. War

The old plan of fastening the horse’s clothing, taken from the Persians, was by rolling a long strip loosely round and round him; hence our name of roller for the stable surcingle.

From Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding by Greenwood, George

It is as well, if possible, to teach colts from a very early age to bear a surcingle.

From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by Rarey, J. S. (John Solomon)