surcingle
Example Sentences
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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 James Parton
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
Then he sat down and made a copy of it, idealizing it by injecting a few "betterments," then trotted it out for inspection with tail and mane plaited and bells on its patent-leather surcingle.
From Deep Furrows by Hopkins Moorhouse
He immediately pulled up his horse, and, dismounting, unstrapped the surcingle of his saddle.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various
When girthed tie the string surcingle over the saddle; besides holding the reins, it now prevents the flaps flying up.
From Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding by George Greenwood
