surcingle

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The duke was an old man, of a girth so enormous that he was obliged to wear a broad surcingle as support to his rotund paunch.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r

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

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)

The saddle was the next slow process—a surcingle, a folded blanket and cinch, a double blanket and cinch, a bag of oats and cinch and, finally, the saddle and rider.

From The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country by Seton, Ernest Thompson

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)