A blanket fastened on with a surcingle was the favorite seat. From Wordnik.com. [With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon] Reference
“Thou maun do without horse-sheet and surcingle now, lad,” he said, addressing the animal. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Dwarf] Reference
"I want to dismount," said Frank; and he grasped the surcingle rope as the elephant sank jerkily to its knees. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
He threw the stirrup over the top of the saddle and fished under the now quiet horse for her dangling surcingle. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
He tightened the surcingle around his mount's chest, hiked up his kilts and swung up with the limber movement of a much younger man. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock]
In South America a ring fixed to the surcingle is used; while in Guatemala and Costa Rica the reata is tied to the end of the horse's tail!. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
Cloak-bag surcingle; checked saddle-cloth, holsters, &c. From Wordnik.com. [Life of George Washington — Volume 01] Reference
I was securely bound by a long strap resembling a surcingle. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2] Reference
The Birth Alarm is housed in the top of an anti-roll surcingle. From Wordnik.com. [TheHorse.com News] Reference
"You intend cutting your surcingle and running away, little coward?". From Wordnik.com. [The Purple Land] Reference
To this I was securely bound by a long strap resembling a surcingle. From Wordnik.com. [The Pit and the Pendulum] Reference
Monty arrived and dismounted, I killed by unloosening girth and surcingle. From Wordnik.com. [Tell England A Study in a Generation] Reference
The girth and surcingle are of leather, with an ordinary woolen saddle-blanket. From Wordnik.com. [The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions] Reference
It now occurred to me that the bandage, or surcingle, which enveloped me, was unique. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2] Reference
Some alarms must be surgically installed, while others attach to a halter or surcingle. From Wordnik.com. [TheHorse.com News] Reference
While this was going on some one fastened on an extra surcingle to make my saddle more secure. From Wordnik.com. [With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon] Reference
It now at once occurred to me, that the bandage, or surcingle, which enveloped me, was unique. From Wordnik.com. [The Pit and the Pendulum] Reference
And he tightened the surcingle himself with such a jerk that the mare plunged and he struck her. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Pools Mystery] Reference
Theire favourite of to-day may, for what they care, goe hang himself to-morrow in his surcingle. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction] Reference
These must be held by an assistant on whom you can depend; and passed through the rings of the surcingle. From Wordnik.com. [A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid] Reference
"Only a blanket and surcingle," said Ray, to his orderly, who was coming up with the heavy saddle and bags. From Wordnik.com. [Marion's Faith.] Reference
In the centre of the hall are a number of horses, each equipped with a surcingle, blanket, and watering bridle. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Ossian Flipper The Colored Cadet at West Point]
The surcingle enveloped my limbs and body close in all directions -- save in the path of the destroying crescent. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2] Reference
The heavy bridle reins were covered with the finest white kid, as was the surcingle which completed his trappings. From Wordnik.com. [Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle] Reference
When girthed tie the string surcingle over the saddle; besides holding the reins, it now prevents the flaps flying up. From Wordnik.com. [Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding] Reference
Then put a surcingle around his body, and fasten one end of a long strap around the other fore-leg, just above the hoof. From Wordnik.com. [A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid] Reference
There are also systems that are composed of a surcingle and breastplate and that sound the alarm when they detect sweat. From Wordnik.com. [TheHorse.com News] Reference
Observing that I remained without motion, one or two of the boldest leaped upon the framework, and smelt at the surcingle. From Wordnik.com. [The Pit and the Pendulum] Reference
Observing that I remained without motion, one or two of the boldest leaped upon the frame-work, and smelt at the surcingle. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2] Reference
He'd made um shwim off th 'field to kape from dhroundin' in their own blood -- an 'kep' 'em good aftherward wid th 'buckle ind av a surcingle. From Wordnik.com. [The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest] Reference
A surcingle -- one of the long thick straps that keep all firm on a pack-horse -- was buckled through the pulley, and the Maluka crossed first, just to test its safety. From Wordnik.com. [We of the Never-Never] Reference
I guess this outfit ain't got no surcingle on me. ". From Wordnik.com. [Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West] Reference
"I'd be able to harness the sun and stars, and put a surcingle around the moon if I came up to my friends 'opinion of my ability. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails] Reference
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