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gee string

gee string noun: the right hand or off side rein on a team of horses, mules, bullocks etc. Also the alternative spelling of G-string.

Noun

gee string (plural gee strings)

  1. The right hand or off side rein on a team of horses, mules, bullocks etc
    • a ten-in-hand bull team came down South A street .... The off bull on the "gee" string bowed his glossy neck and champed his bit impatiently,1877 March 29, “Taking a Spin”, in The Daily Leader, Cheyenne, Wyo., page 1
    • I will say a "gee string" is a long rein used on government wagon trains for the most part. The driver by a single jerk guides the horses or mules.1904 September 9, H. W. McManus, “In the West”, in The Black Hills Union and Western Stock Review, Rapid City, S.Dak., page 1
  2. Line or rope connecting dog-team to sled
    • The gee string (rope by which dog team is attached to front of sled) is then unsnappedNovember, 1909, Jack Lee, “A Hunter's Story of the Klondike”, in The Outdoor Life, Denver, Co., page 474
    • From this is a rope running back to the sled, which, passing, as it must, between the driver's legs, necessitates the acquiring of a peculiar gait, for with each turn the dogs make — as the trail curves from side to side — the driver has to keep his feet moving from this side to that of the 'gee'...1897, The Chicago Record's Book for Gold Seekers, page 326
  3. Chin strap of a hat
    • There are a few men that wear their pistols exposed for the same reason that some wear diamond breast pins, or a cowboy hat with a gee-string hanging down the back of his neck.1885 July 23, The St. Johns Herald, St Johns, Arizona, page 2
    • "Gee" strings are now worn on hat bands by the U dudes of the camp.1890 June 19, Jake, “From the Reservation”, in The Sturgis Advertiser, Sturgis, Dakota, page 4

Also used as

gee string is also the alternative spelling of G-string.

Examples of gee string in a sentence

  • Sometimes the nucleus of the cloud would be a five-horse team, driven single file by the device known as a gee string by two or more men.1936 September 10, Berthe K. Mellett, “This Horse Brought God to Me”, in The Christian Register, Boston, Mass., page 2:
  • If you wanted to go Gee, you jerked on the line that had the Gee string, fastened on a small strap to the collar, and it would throw their heads up, and they'd turn that way.1983, Anne Foley Scheuring, Tillers, An Oral History of Family Farms in California, page 39:

Forms of gee string

pluralgee strings

Questions about gee string

What does gee string mean?
Gee string means the right hand or off side rein on a team of horses, mules, bullocks etc.
How do you use gee string in a sentence?
Sometimes the nucleus of the cloud would be a five-horse team, driven single file by the device known as a gee string by two or more men.
What part of speech is gee string?
Gee string is a noun.
What is the plural of gee string?
The plural of gee string is gee strings.

Words near gee string in the dictionary

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