surcingle

[ sur-sing-guhl ]
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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.

Origin of surcingle

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

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British Dictionary definitions for surcingle

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

verb
  1. to put a surcingle on or over (a horse)

Origin of surcingle

1
C14: from Old French surcengle, from sur- over + cengle a belt, from Latin cingulum

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