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Surcingle

surcingle

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. The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist.

Origin: OE. Sursengle, OF. Sursangle. See Sur-, and Cingle, Shingles.


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