surcingle

American  

[sur-sing-guhl] / ˈsɜrˌsɪŋ gəl /

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.

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surcingle British  

/ 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

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verb

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

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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surcingle

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

Then he sat down and made a copy of it, idealizing it by injecting a few "betterments," then trotted it out for inspection with tail and mane plaited and bells on its patent-leather surcingle.

From Deep Furrows by Hopkins Moorhouse

Under this he wore another coat still more ragged, and the whole was belted at the waist with an old surcingle.

From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Hamlin Garland

These descending ropes are carried forward on the sides of the body and tied to the surcingle and to the neck collar.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

He threw the stirrup over the top of the saddle and fished under the now quiet horse for her dangling surcingle.

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger