Surcingle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A girth that binds a saddle, pack, or blanket to the body of a horse.
  • n. Archaic The fastening belt on a clerical cassock; a cincture.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a long unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket, pack or saddle on an animal
  • n. a piece of tack wrapped around the belly of a horse, to use when longeing, also know as lungeing; (roller in UK and Australasia)
  • n. a girdle to fasten a garment, especially a cassock
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast.
  • n. The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A girth for a horse; especially, a girth separate from the saddle and passing around the body of the horse, retaining in place a blanket, a sheet, or the like, by passing over it.
  • n. The girdle with which a garment, especially a cassock, is fastened. Compare cincture.
  • n. Same as cauda striati (which see, under cauda).
  • To gird or surround with a surcingle, as a horse.
  • To secure by means of a surcingle, as a blanket or the saddle.
    • Word Usage
    "I ran my hand underneath his surcingle, scratching away a trace of dried sweat."
    Verb Form
    surcingled    surcingles   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    girt    roller   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cestus    swaddle    pillion    cincture    circumscription   
     
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