boots and saddles

American  

noun

U.S. Army.

1. a cavalry bugle call for mounted drill or formation.

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boots and saddles British  

noun

1. a bugle call formerly used in the US Cavalry to summon soldiers to mount

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Example Sentences

Shops sell handmade leather boots and saddles, plus Route 66 souvenirs.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2016

The pulse of the race is beating the reveille; the soul of the world is sounding "boots and saddles."

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper

There are several tanneries, and Turkish boots and saddles are largely made.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

Again in the morning, it was boots and saddles, cow-boys, and packhorses, and the climb to the top began.

From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack

One day when in the midst of our bath the bugle call for "boots and saddles" sounded.

From Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago by McKay, Robert Henderson