saddlebow

Example Sentences

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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

The man who had held the lariat lay half under his fallen pony, whose efforts to rise were checked by the tightened rope still tied to the saddlebow.

From The Heart of Thunder Mountain by Fischer, Anton Otto

When the sunlight streamed across his saddlebow, “Ah, Green Willow, Green Willow,” he sighed; and at noontide it was “Green Willow, Green Willow”; and “Green Willow, Green Willow,” when the twilight fell.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace

A pony ranged alongside, and he was hauled on to the priest's saddlebow.

From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard

To enable us to defend ourselves, we each of us also had a brace of pistolets, and an arquebus, which hung at the saddlebow.

From The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham by Kingston, William Henry Giles