surcingle

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If he is full of corn and well bred, take advantage of the moment to tie up the off fore-leg to the surcingle, as securely as the other, in a slip loop knot.

From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by Rarey, J. S. (John Solomon)

If the pains are violent and continuous, they may be checked by pinching the back or by putting a tight surcingle around the body in front of the udder.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

It is as well, if possible, to teach colts from a very early age to bear a surcingle.

From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by Rarey, J. S. (John Solomon)

The old plan of fastening the horse’s clothing, taken from the Persians, was by rolling a long strip loosely round and round him; hence our name of roller for the stable surcingle.

From Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding by Greenwood, George

Her body was held in this position by means of a belt around her waist, attached to a surcingle on the horse—both tightly buckled.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne