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surcingle

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sur·cin·gle  (sûrsnggl)
n.
1. A girth that binds a saddle, pack, or blanket to the body of a horse.
2. Archaic The fastening belt on a clerical cassock; a cincture.
[Middle English sursengle, from Old French surcengle : sur-, sur- + cengle, belt (from Latin cingula, from cingere, to gird; see cingulum).]
surcingle v.
surcingle [ˈsɜːˌsɪŋgəl]
n
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a girth for a horse which goes around the body, used esp with a racing saddle
2. (Clothing & Fashion) the belt worn with a cassock
vb
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to put a surcingle on or over (a horse)
[from Old French surcengle, from sur- over + cengle a belt, from Latin cingulum]


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The surcingle enveloped my limbs and body close in all directions -- save in the path of the destroying crescent.
The Pit and the Pendulum by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
One end is attached to the broad surcingle, which fastens together the complicated gear of the recado, or saddle used in the Pampas; the other is terminated by a small ring of iron or brass, by which a noose can be formed.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
It was a magnificent animal--a great bay stallion with a white-blazed face and white forelegs to the knees, its barrel encircled by a broad surcingle of white; and as it came to a sudden stop beside Tan, the Englishman saw that it bore a man and a girl--a tall man and a girl as beautiful as Co-Tan.
Out of Time's Abyss by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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