horse-cloth

I lie on the very edge of the ravine, on an outspread horse-cloth; all about are whole stacks of fresh-cut hay, oppressively fragrant.

Dream tales and prose poems 2006

FOOT-CLOTH, horse-cloth reaching almost to the ground.

The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

So he placed his daughter in a sledge, not even daring to give her a horse-cloth to keep herself warm with, and drove her out on to the bare, open fields, where he kissed her and left her, driving home as fast as he could, that he might not witness her miserable death.

The Yellow Fairy Book 2003

Opposite her, on a spread-out horse-cloth, sat the cornet (who had returned from the school) washing his hands by pouring water on them from a little jug.

The Cossacks 2003

He had a brown horse-cloth in his hand, which he threw over the basket, making it fast with a piece of twine so as to effectually imprison its inmate, while his aunt ran across to reassure her visitors.

Beyond the City Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1982

He will then lie down on mother earth with the horse-cloth under him and the saddle for a pillow.

Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America G. Whitfield Ray

A peculiar motion, perceptible under horse-cloth which was wrapped up to serve as a pillow, appeared to indicate that a snake was wriggling about underneath it.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Various

The animal, in fact, looks just as if it were covered round the body with a white horse-cloth.

The Illustrated London Reading Book Various

There is generally a struggle in mounting each new arrival, but with a couple of mafoos hanging on to his ears, and sometimes by enveloping his head in a horse-cloth, it is eventually managed.

Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready

He travels in the snow, with his saddle for a pillow, his horse-cloth for

International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850 Various