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

Then he took Joanna’s friend upon his saddlebow, and once more pushed toward the forest.

From The Black Arrow by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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 Fischer, Anton Otto

Cathbarr grunted, and slung the heavy hammer-ax at his saddlebow.

From Nuala O'Malley by Bedford-Jones, H.

Des Barres put him over his saddlebow; then took his prisoners into camp.

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry