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

Yielding at last, where she could avail no more, the ranchwife fixed up a simple luncheon of bread and butter and jam, which she tied in a little package at Marion’s saddlebow.

From The Heart of Thunder Mountain by Fischer, Anton Otto

Each held in his hand a long spear; each had a sword at at his side and an axe at the saddlebow.

From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Binion, Samuel A.

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

From The Black Arrow by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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