surcingle

Example Sentences

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The colonel had an old cavalry sword attached to a surcingle thrown over his shoulders.

From Life Gleanings by Macon, T. J.

The saddle should be kept in its place by the elastic webbing girths, and not, as the common error is—probably from the facility of tightening it—by the hard, unyielding, leather surcingle.

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

These descending ropes are carried forward on the sides of the body and tied to the surcingle and to the neck collar.

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

In South America a ring fixed to the surcingle is used; while in Guatemala and Costa Rica the reata is tied to the end of the horse's tail!

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas

The duke was an old man, of a girth so enormous that he was obliged to wear a broad surcingle as support to his rotund paunch.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r