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surcingles

surcingles is the plural of surcingle.

Meaning of surcingle

Noun

surcingle (plural surcingles)

  1. A long unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket, pack or saddle on an animal.
    • He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the surcingle loosened, and was pointing to the girths. Close to their attachment to the saddle they had been almost cut through with a knife.1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 8, in Filibuster
  2. A piece of tack wrapped around the belly of a horse, to use when longeing.
    Synonyms:
    roller
  3. A girdle to fasten a garment, especially a cassock.

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Questions about surcingles

What is surcingles the plural of?
Surcingles is the plural of surcingle.

Words near surcingles in the dictionary

  1. surcharges
  2. surchargeth
  3. surcharging
  4. surcingle
  5. surcingled
  6. surcingles
  7. surcingling
  8. surcle
  9. surcles
  10. surcloy
  11. surcloyed

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