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saddlecloths

  • plural
    of saddlecloth.
    saddlecloth
    noun
    a cloth placed over the saddle of a racehorse bearing the horse's number.

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With their horses racing stride for stride to the finish, the jockeys grabbed each other's saddlecloths, bridles and legs.

From US News May 7, 2016

With their horses racing stride for stride to the finish, the jockeys grabbed each other’s saddlecloths, bridles and legs.

From Seattle Times May 6, 2016

Jockeys on trailing horses grabbed hold of leading horses’ tails or saddlecloths so their own horses could be towed around the track, saving energy.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Building a large fire of brushwood, we ate our supper, and then lay down on our saddlecloths, the firmament of God with its galaxy of stars as our covering overhead.

From Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America by G. Whitfield Ray

There was a space of about two feet between bedsteads, and under them we kept our saddles and saddlecloths.

From Old Man Savarin and Other Stories by Edward William Thomson

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