saddle bow

Definitions

The front part of a saddle that is arched up like an archer's bow.

Equivalents

Examples

“the Prince […] stroke the Pagan with his steely brand / So sore, that to his saddle-bow thereby / He bowed low, and so a while did lie⟳ […].”

“The Government mobilized the full force⟳ of 18,000 mounted gendarmes and sent them picking their way over the sand about as heavily armored as any policeman could be: a long lance in one hand, a sabre at the saddle bow, a rifle across the back, a pistol on the hip.”

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