Definitions

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  • noun A pad, often of sheepskin, placed under a horse's saddle; a saddle blanket

Etymologies

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Modification of numdah, from Urdu نمدا (namdā)

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Examples

  • The following videoclip shows 13-year old Sameer Mishra correctly spelling the word numnah, which is another word for numdah and means coarse felt, a horse’s saddle pad made from this or an embroidered rug made from this.

    The American Spelling Bee Rene Meertens 2010

  • The following videoclip shows 13-year old Sameer Mishra correctly spelling the word numnah, which is another word for numdah and means coarse felt, a horse’s saddle pad made from this or an embroidered rug made from this.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Rene Meertens 2010

  • The term numdah or numnah, which is applied to felt saddle-cloths, is derived from a Hindustani word that signifies

    The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. Alice M. Hayes 1873

  • He actually was given "numnah," a pad placed between a horse's back and saddle.

    IndyStar.com Top Stories 2010

  • La vidéo ci-après montre Sameer Mishra, âgée de 13 ans, qui épelle correctement le mot numnah, autre mot pour numdah, qui désigne un feutre grossier, et une selle de cheval ou un tapis brodé fabriqué dans cette matière.

    Archive 2010-07-01 Rene Meertens 2010

  • We'll go to the national spelling bee, final rounds, where a contestant went head to head with a word most of us have never heard of, numnah.

    CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2008 2008

  • If you don't know it, a numnah from a numbnut, you soon will.

    CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2008 2008

  • If you don't know it, a numnah from a numbnut, you soon will.

    CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2008 2008

  • We'll take you to the NATIONAL SPELLING BEE, final rounds, where a contestant went head to head with a word most of us have never heard of, numnah.

    CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2008 2008

  • At that moment a young trooper, fresh-faced and smiling, found himself in trouble with a bunch of horses; in a second he slipped from the numnah, got a short hold of the reins, and jagged the restive chargers into obedient docility.

    Kitchener, Organizer of Victory H., Begbie 1915

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  • Noun: A pad, often of sheepskin, placed under a horse's saddle.

    September 7, 2008