Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A band which is passed under a horse's belly, and secured to the saddle at each end. It is usually so made as to be drawn more or less tight by a buckle. See cinch and surcingle.

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Examples

  • His head was doubly chained to the saddle-girth, but he never met man, woman, or child, without laying back his ears and running at them to bite them.

    Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

  • Vronsky slipped his finger under the saddle-girth.

    Anna Karenina 2003

  • The excellent Rahail, despite the ruling excitement, had brought off with him, tied to his saddle-girth, a huge haunch of the camel slaughtered just as the train arrived.

    Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

  • He would have said that Ivan had pulled the saddle-girth up too high, but that was like blame, and he longed for friendly, warm talk.

    Anna Karenina 2003

  • Stef trudged alongside of Yfandes, with Vanyel walking on the other side, both of them holding to her saddle-girth so that she could help them over the worst obstacles.

    Magic's Price Lackey, Mercedes 1990

  • Stef trudged alongside of Yfandes, with Vanyel walking on the other side, both of them holding to her saddle-girth so that she could help them over the worst obstacles.

    Magic's Price Lackey, Mercedes 1990

  • A cut saddle-girth before a rough hunt was no joking matter, not when it nearly caused a death.

    Arrow's Fall Lackey, Mercedes 1988

  • A cut saddle-girth before a rough hunt was no joking matter, not when it nearly caused a death.

    Arrow's Fall Lackey, Mercedes 1988

  • Carolina -- one of them was a signer of the declaration of Independence and governor of the state. sabre (sa'ber), a sword with a broad, heavy blade, usually curved. sackcloth (sak'kloth '), a garment worn in mourning or penitence. saddle-girth (sad'l-gurth), that which fastens on the saddle. saddletree, frame of a saddle. sage (saj), wise.

    Elson Grammar School Literature v4 William H. Elson

  • The only thing that was found in the canoe after its capture was a sword belt which the King used as a saddle-girth for his horse.

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 Various

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