surcingle
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.
Origin of surcingle
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How to use surcingle in a sentence
If so, this method was improved on during the next half-century, for the rope is now attached to a surcingle.
The Gates of India | Thomas HoldichShe had risen and with both hands had laid hold upon the crosspiece of my main surcingle and was striving to drag me inside.
The Glory of The Coming | Irvin S. CobbThis was usually done on the circus saddle, although some of us could do it on the bareback horse with only a surcingle.
Trooper 3809 | Lionel DecleAt breakfast the waiters strapped up each boarder with a stout surcingle.
Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty | J. W. de Forestsurcingle, sur′sing-gl, n. a girth or strap for holding a saddle on an animal's back: the girdle of a cassock.
British Dictionary definitions for surcingle
/ (ˈsɜːˌsɪŋɡəl) /
a girth for a horse which goes around the body, used esp with a racing saddle
the belt worn with a cassock
to put a surcingle on or over (a horse)
Origin of surcingle
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