Saddleskirt

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The portion of a saddle that covers the flank of a horse.

    "With the instinct of self preservation and defence I struck out at this object with my whip, and there came, of all the sounds I ever heard the one least expected—that of a leather saddleskirt!"

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"With the instinct of self preservation and defence I struck out at this object with my whip, and there came, of all the sounds I ever heard the one least expected—that of a leather saddleskirt!"

Etymology

From saddle + skirt.

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