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