surcingle

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The girth and surcingle are of leather, with an ordinary woolen saddle-blanket.

From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Marcy, Randolph Barnes

Tie a strap or rope around the back part of the neck and a surcingle around the body.

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

This may be overcome by fastening it to a suspender attached to a surcingle or passed over the body and attached to the opposite leg.

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

These must be held by an assistant on whom you can depend; and passed through the rings of the 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)

Over the saddle—folded twice, if not three times—was a large, thick, and fine blanket, as good a one as the rider could afford, which was kept in its place by a broad surcingle.

From Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money by Parton, James