surcingle
Americannoun
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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.
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a beltlike fastening for a garment, especially a cassock.
noun
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a girth for a horse which goes around the body, used esp with a racing saddle
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the belt worn with a cassock
verb
Etymology
Origin of surcingle
1350–1400; Middle English surcengle < Middle French, equivalent to sur- sur- 1 + cengle belt < Latin cingulum; see cingulum
Example Sentences
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He immediately pulled up his horse, and, dismounting, unstrapped the surcingle of his saddle.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various
The surcingle is of leather, and fastens in the Mexican style; the girth is also of leather, three and a half inches wide, with a large buckle.
From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Randolph Barnes Marcy
This may be overcome by fastening it to a suspender attached to a surcingle or passed over the body and attached to the opposite leg.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Then put a surcingle around his body, and fasten one end of a long strap around the other fore-leg, just above the hoof.
From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by J. S. (John Solomon) Rarey
If he is full of corn and well bred, take advantage of the moment to tie up the off fore-leg to the surcingle, as securely as the other, in a slip loop knot.
From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by J. S. (John Solomon) Rarey
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