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surcingle

surcingle


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Surcingle  \Sur"cin`gle\,  n.  [OE.  sursengle  OF  sursangle  See 
  {Sur-},  and  {Cingle},  {Shingles}.] 
  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.  (Eccl.)  The  girdle  of  a  cassock,  by  which  it  is  fastened 
  round  the  waist.