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
As their journey would be rapid they carried no stores with them, save three days' provisions, which each man carried at his saddlebow, and a bag containing a few feeds of corn for the horse.
From The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of Hannibal by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
To enable us to defend ourselves, we each of us also had a brace of pistolets, and an arquebus, which hung at the saddlebow.
From The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham by William Henry Giles Kingston
Then he took Joanna’s friend upon his saddlebow, and once more pushed toward the forest.
From The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
Sparrow, his prize flung across his saddlebow, turned with me.
From To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston
