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

Then hanging his grandfather's club to his saddlebow, he rode on.

From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) by Various

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

From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard

Then he took Joanna’s friend upon his saddlebow, and once more pushed toward the forest.

From The Black Arrow by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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