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
Her rope—she would no more think of traveling without it than would one of the Sunset punchers—was coiled at the saddlebow.
From The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City by Amy Bell Marlowe
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 Grace James
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 Anton Otto Fischer
Eleanor answered a low and grave "no;" bending down over her saddlebow.
From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Susan Warner
