Surcingle Definition

sûrsĭnggəl
noun
A strap passed around a horse's body to bind on a saddle, blanket, pack, etc.
Webster's New World
The belt of a cassock.
Webster's New World

A piece of tack wrapped around the belly of a horse, to use when longeing, also know as lungeing; (roller in UK and Australasia)

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Other Word Forms of Surcingle

Noun

Singular:
surcingle
Plural:
surcingles

Origin of Surcingle

  • Middle English sursengle from Old French surcengle sur- sur- cengle belt (from Latin cingula) (from cingere to gird cingulum)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French surcengle, formed with sur (“over") and cengle (“girdle").

    From Wiktionary

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