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saddleskirt

saddleskirt noun: the portion of a saddle that covers the flank of a horse.

Noun

saddleskirt (plural saddleskirts)

  1. The portion of a saddle that covers the flank of a horse.
    • With the instinct of self preservation and defence I struck out at this object with my whip, and there came, of all the sounds I ever heard the one least expected—that of a leather saddleskirt!1891, Willis Percival King, Stories of a Country Doctor, page 197
    • As I am lying on the ground, writing on a saddleskirt, by the light of our campfire, I have not time to write in detail.1974, LeRoy Reuben Hafen, Colorado Gold Rush: Contemporary Letters and Reports, 1858-1859, page 163

Forms of saddleskirt

pluralsaddleskirts

Origin of saddleskirt

From saddle + skirt.

Questions about saddleskirt

What does saddleskirt mean?
Saddleskirt means the portion of a saddle that covers the flank of a horse.
What part of speech is saddleskirt?
Saddleskirt is a noun.
What is the plural of saddleskirt?
The plural of saddleskirt is saddleskirts.

Words near saddleskirt in the dictionary

  1. saddlery
  2. saddles
  3. saddles up
  4. saddles with
  5. saddlesick
  6. saddleskirt
  7. saddleskirts
  8. saddlesore
  9. saddlesoreness
  10. saddlest
  11. saddletank

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