surcingle
Example Sentences
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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
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 Randolph Barnes Marcy
Taking the robe from my shoulders, I spread it over the back of my horse; and employing a piece of the laryette as a surcingle, I bound it fast.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
If he is full of corn and well bred, take advantage of the moment to tie up the off fore-leg to the surcingle, as securely as the other, in a slip loop knot.
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 J. S. (John Solomon) Rarey
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 Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
