saddlebow
Example Sentences
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Not only was he of the same build, but he also had a bound knight thrown across the saddlebow of his mare.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
It was at Will Jackson’s words of thanks that she was smiling with such delight; it was he before whom Colonel Lane bent bare-headed to his saddlebow.
From The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender by W.O.E. Evans
The man who had held the lariat lay half under his fallen pony, whose efforts to rise were checked by the tightened rope still tied to the saddlebow.
From The Heart of Thunder Mountain by Anton Otto Fischer
Far out on the plains of the Panhandle, he and his dogs had killed many a wolf, and now he never doubted that, within a few days, Old Lobo's scalp would dangle at his saddlebow.
From Wild Animals I Have Known by Ernest Thompson Seton
Then hanging his grandfather's club to his saddlebow, he rode on.
From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) by Various
