Looking for sentences and phrases with the word girths? Here are some examples.
Sentence Examples
In the tackroom where the bridles, bits, snaffles, girths and whips were hanging on the wall, Jackson asked me about everything.
Tack is not defined, but presumably means saddle and bridle and normal accessories, such as girths, cinches and saddle pads.
Waist and hip girths were measured standing, at the level of the umbilicus and the level of maximal gluteal protrusion, respectively.
One had a saddle, another a pad or a pannel fastened with a cord, for girths were geazon.
They stole a range of riding equipment including saddles, bridles including a hackamore bitless bridle, horse blankets, head collars, leading ropes and girths for the saddles.
Examples from Classical Literature
The girths of the packsaddle were cut loose, and the animal was dragged clear of the pack.
Down the hill they come in hosen and their saddles are but light, And loose their girths.
The surcingle should lie neatly over the girths, and have an equal bearing with them.
Why don't you swaddle him round with good tight girths, or secure his natural tub with a strong sorb-apple-tree hoop?
Banbury manufactures horse girths and other kinds of webbing, as well as excellent ale.
Good was his horse and grand his gear, And his girths were wet with whitewater.
The girths of her saddle were of silk and the buckles were each one a beryl.
The men rapidly picked out their horses in the semidarkness, tightened their saddle girths, and formed companies.
Denisov was angry with the Cossack because the saddle girths were too slack, reproved him, and mounted.
On the 4th, they broke up their encampment, and crossed the river, the water coming up to the girths of their horses.
It tickles my girths, and, besides, I can't see with my head on the ground.
If a second man is present he holds the animal's head, whilst the first puts on the horsecloths and saddle, and girths the whole together.
She leaned against Dolly's neck while he tightened the girths.
