surcingle
noun
- a strap passed around a horse's body to bind on a saddle, blanket, pack, etc.
- Historical the belt of a cassock
See surcingle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
sur·cin·gle
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: Middle English sursengle, from Old French surcengle : sur-, sur- + cengle, belt (from Latin cingula, from cingere, to gird; see cingulum ).
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