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View synonyms for surcingle
surcingle
[ sur-sing-guhl ]
noun
- 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.
- a beltlike fastening for a garment, especially a cassock.
surcingle
/ ˈsɜːˌsɪŋɡəl /
noun
- a girth for a horse which goes around the body, used esp with a racing saddle
- the belt worn with a cassock
verb
- to put a surcingle on or over (a horse)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of surcingle1
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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.
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She had risen and with both hands had laid hold upon the crosspiece of my main surcingle and was striving to drag me inside.
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This was usually done on the circus saddle, although some of us could do it on the bareback horse with only a surcingle.
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At breakfast the waiters strapped up each boarder with a stout surcingle.
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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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