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surcingle

(sʉr′siŋ′gəl)

noun

a strap passed around a horse's body to bind on a saddle, blanket, pack, etc.
Historical the belt of a cassock

Origin: ME surcengle < MFr < OFr sur-, sur- + L cingulum, a belt: see cingulum

See surcingle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A girth that binds a saddle, pack, or blanket to the body of a horse.
Archaic The fastening belt on a clerical cassock; a cincture.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English sursengle

Origin: , from Old French surcengle

Origin: : sur-, sur-

Origin: + cengle, belt (from Latin cingula, from cingere, to gird; see cingulum)

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surˈcinˌgle verb

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