A girth for a horse or other animal; esp. a large girth passing over a sheet, pack, etc. and keeping it in place on the animal's back.
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First thing you put on was the collar. And then you put the hames, throw them over their back and buckle the hames on, belly-band, surcingle or two between the legs- front legs and the belly-band went through it and you buckled. ... That was for if you wanted to back up. That's what went on the neck yoke and you backed up. |
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Speaker: And then um- the tray- ah, no there was ah- another affair attached to the shafts, too. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Something that went around the horse's hindquarters? Speaker: Oh yes, the ah- ah- cruppers, I-think, went around the tail. Interviewer: Yes, yes. And what about the ah part that fastened underneath the horse's- Speaker: Ah no, that surcingle was used on a blanket, I don't know what the- I- I've forgotten it. |
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