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Definition of: surcingle
(sûr′sing·gəl) noun
1. A girth or strap encircling the body of a beast of burden, for holding a saddle, etc.
2. A girdle, as of a cassock.
—v.t. ·gled, ·gling To gird or fasten with a surcingle. [<OF surcengle <sur- over + L cingulum a belt]
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