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
As it was in a friend's country, the knight did not think fit to wear his heavy destrier, or helmet, which hung at his saddlebow over his portmanteau.
From Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray
Then hanging his grandfather's club to his saddlebow, he rode on.
From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) by Various
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 William Henry Giles Kingston
Cathbarr grunted, and slung the heavy hammer-ax at his saddlebow.
From Nuala O'Malley by H. Bedford-Jones
