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View synonyms for saddlebow

saddlebow

[ sad-l-boh ]

noun

  1. the arched front part of a saddle or saddletree.


saddlebow

/ ˈsædəlˌbəʊ /

noun

  1. the pommel of a saddle


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Word History and Origins

Origin of saddlebow1

before 900; Middle English, Old English. See saddle, bow 2

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Example Sentences

The King set his seal to this letter, and Rustem departed with it, with his club hanging to his saddlebow.

Her rope—she would no more think of traveling without it than would one of the Sunset punchers—was coiled at the saddlebow.

The Canadian took the reata hanging at the saddlebow, and swinging it round his head, awaited the gleam of the next flash.

There were scratches on his cheek, acquired during the ride with Fani across his saddlebow.

He had only himself to care for, and, with pick and pan strapped to his saddlebow, he set his face westward.

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