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surcingle

[ sur-sing-guhl ]

noun

  1. a belt or girth that passes around the belly of a horse and over the blanket, pack, saddle, etc., and is buckled on the horse's back.
  2. a beltlike fastening for a garment, especially a cassock.


surcingle

/ ˈsɜːˌsɪŋɡəl /

noun

  1. a girth for a horse which goes around the body, used esp with a racing saddle
  2. the belt worn with a cassock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to put a surcingle on or over (a horse)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of surcingle1

1350–1400; Middle English surcengle < Middle French, equivalent to sur- sur- 1 + cengle belt < Latin cingulum; cingulum
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Word History and Origins

Origin of surcingle1

C14: from Old French surcengle, from sur- over + cengle a belt, from Latin cingulum
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Example Sentences

If so, this method was improved on during the next half-century, for the rope is now attached to a surcingle.

She had risen and with both hands had laid hold upon the crosspiece of my main surcingle and was striving to drag me inside.

This was usually done on the circus saddle, although some of us could do it on the bareback horse with only a surcingle.

At breakfast the waiters strapped up each boarder with a stout surcingle.

Surcingle, sur′sing-gl, n. a girth or strap for holding a saddle on an animal's back: the girdle of a cassock.

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