surcingle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a broad strap or girth passed around a horse or other pack animal to secure a saddle, blanket, or load

   The rider tightened the surcingle before attaching the pack.

2. 2
   noun

   historical: a girdle worn around a cassock or other garment

   The cleric fastened a simple black surcingle around his cassock.

3. 3
   verb

   to fasten an animal or object with a surcingle

   They surcingled the blanket securely to the mule.

From Middle English sursengle and Anglo-French surcengle, formed from sur-, 'over,' + cengle, 'girdle,' ultimately from Latin cingulum. The compound literally describes a band passed over and around the body.

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