surcingleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːsɪŋɡ(ə)l/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜɹˌsɪŋ.ɡəl/

名詞

surcingle (複数形 surcingles)

1. A long unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket, pack or saddle on an animal.
   • 1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 8, in Filibuster‎^[1]:

     He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the surcingle loosened, and was pointing to the girths. Close to their attachment to the saddle they had been almost cut through with a knife.

2. A piece of tack wrapped around the belly of a horse, to use when longeing.
3. A girdle to fasten a garment, especially a cassock.

同意語

• circingle
• (piece of tack): roller (英国用法, Australia, New Zealand)