surcingle (plural surcingles)
A long unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket, pack or saddle on an animal.
A piece of tack wrapped around the belly of a horse, to use when longeing.
A girdle to fasten a garment, especially a cassock.
• (piece of tack): roller (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
surcingle (third-person singular simple present surcingles, present participle surcingling, simple past and past participle surcingled)
(transitive) To fasten with a surcingle.
• reclusing
Source: Wiktionary
Sur"cin`gle, n. Etym: [OE. sursengle, OF. sursangle. See Sur-, and Cingle, Shingles.]
1. A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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