surcingle
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"Only a blanket and surcingle," said Ray, to his orderly, who was coming up with the heavy saddle and bags.
From Marion's Faith. by King, Charles
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
These descending ropes are carried forward on the sides of the body and tied to the surcingle and to the neck collar.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
It is as well, if possible, to teach colts from a very early age to bear a 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)
A broad surcingle of woollen webbing keeps the whole in place.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
