surcingle
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These must be held by an assistant on whom you can depend; and passed through the rings of the surcingle.
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 Rarey, J. S. (John Solomon)
The saddle should be kept in its place by the elastic webbing girths, and not, as the common error is—probably from the facility of tightening it—by the hard, unyielding, leather surcingle.
From Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding by Greenwood, George
The colonel had an old cavalry sword attached to a surcingle thrown over his shoulders.
From Life Gleanings by Macon, T. J.
If the pains are violent and continuous, they may be checked by pinching the back or by putting a tight surcingle around the body in front of the udder.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
When girthed tie the string surcingle over the saddle; besides holding the reins, it now prevents the flaps flying up.
From Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding by Greenwood, George
