numnah
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Opposite is a desk, with a chair covered in a vintage sheepskin numnah, a pad that sits underneath a saddle to make it more comfortable for the horse.
From The Guardian
The toilet silver, the Indian numnah on the floor, her husband's sword and sash over the bookshelf, and the enlarged photograph of him laughing under the black, semi-lune shadow of his solar-topi——these things were Claudia's background.
From Project Gutenberg
The term numdah or numnah, which is applied to felt saddle-cloths, is derived from a Hindustani word that signifies ‘felt.’
From Project Gutenberg
She groomed him, fed him, took him to be shod, and scampered over the wide-strewn Downs on him, sometimes bare-backed, sometimes on a numnah, hopping on and off him light as a bird and active as a kitten.
From Project Gutenberg
The morning duty on the day following Christmas is invariably "watering order with numnahs," the numnah being a felt saddle-cloth without stirrups.
From Project Gutenberg
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