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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The other horse bore an ordinary saddle, over which was thrown a light blue merino blanket several times folded, and secured to the saddle by a gayly-woven surcingle.
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
Her body was held in this position by means of a belt around her waist, attached to a surcingle on the horse—both tightly buckled.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
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 colonel had an old cavalry sword attached to a surcingle thrown over his shoulders.
From Life Gleanings by Macon, T. J.
In South America a ring fixed to the surcingle is used; while in Guatemala and Costa Rica the reata is tied to the end of the horse's tail!
From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas
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