surcingle

Example Sentences

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The ordinary English trainer thinks that a good mouth may be made in two weeks, by strapping a colt's reins to his surcingle for an hour or two daily, and by longeing with a cavesson.

From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault

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

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)

He threw the stirrup over the top of the saddle and fished under the now quiet horse for her dangling surcingle.

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Munger, Dell H.

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