saddle-blanket love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A blanket, of a rather small size and coarse make, used folded under a saddle.

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Examples

  • This done, I lay down at the foot of a tree, with my saddle for a pillow, and saddle-blanket for a cover.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • He was naked except for a short war-bonnet and breech-clout, his face and chest glistening with ochre and vermillion, at his waist were strapped two long-barrelled Colts, a stone axe hung from his decorated saddle-blanket, and he carried a feathered lance.

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • After walking about a mile in deep dust, I picked up first the saddle-blanket and next my bag, and soon came upon the horse, standing facing me, and shaking all over.

    A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

  • Lan had not been aware that the rest of the scouts were watching him, Tuck, and Fedor, but the moment he got up and reached for Kalira's saddle-blanket, the scouts started moving.

    Brightly Burning Lackey, Mercedes 2000

  • He went back to Rusher, and took off the saddle-blanket.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • Roland stood on the second step, the saddle-blanket hanging forgot-ten over his arm.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • That deep, warning voice never spoke to Roland about Sheemie as it had about the dangers of the red rock ... but his conscience spoke to him, and when he finally mentioned this to Susan (the two of them wrapped in a saddle-blanket and lying naked in each other's arms), he found that her conscience had been troubling her, as well.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • He was naked except for a short war-bonnet and breech-clout, his face and chest glistening with ochre and vermillion, at his waist were strapped two long-barrelled Colts, a stone axe hung from his decorated saddle-blanket, and he carried a feathered lance.

    Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982

  • He was naked except for a short war-bonnet and breech-clout, his face and chest glistening with ochre and vermillion, at his waist were strapped two long-barrelled Colts, a stone axe hung from his decorated saddle-blanket, and he carried a feathered lance.

    Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982

  • All the cooking fell to Polly's share, and then she would ride along for hours with a little sister on her lap and fat brother "Bub" behind her on the saddle-blanket, so that her mother might rest and be quiet.

    Stories of California Ella M. Sexton

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