cinch
noun
a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
was cinching
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past progressiveof cinch.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She told him she would be ready by the time he had saddled, and she appeared in the stable door while he was cinching the saddle on the horse he meant to ride.
From The Uphill Climb by B. M. Bower
She was cinching her sash tight about the waist, so that her trained skirt might not come off in the ardor of "playing lady."
From The Madigans by Orson Lowell
Then he ceased talking, for he had taken the girth strap between his teeth, and was cinching up the big Black with the firm pull of a grizzly.
From Thoroughbreds by William Alexander Fraser
I walked toward Kyla, who was cinching a final load on one of the pack-animals, which she did efficiently enough.
From The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley
