surcingle

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The surcingle has accustomed him to girths—he leads well, and has learned that when the right rein is pulled he must go to the right, and when the left rein to the left.

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 girth and surcingle are of leather, with an ordinary woolen saddle-blanket.

From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Marcy, Randolph Barnes

The surcingle is of leather, and fastens in the Mexican style; the girth is also of leather, three and a half inches wide, with a large buckle.

From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Marcy, Randolph Barnes

Then he sat down and made a copy of it, idealizing it by injecting a few "betterments," then trotted it out for inspection with tail and mane plaited and bells on its patent-leather surcingle.

From Deep Furrows by Moorhouse, Hopkins

George now unloosened the long reins which were attached to the heavy surcingle, and after walking the animal two or three times round the circle, suffered him to go free.

From That Boy Of Norcott's by Lever, Charles James