Meaning of saddleskirt | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“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!”

“As I am lying on the ground, writing on a saddleskirt, by the light⟳ of our campfire, I have⟳ not time to write⟳ in detail.”

“He'd unloaded the rifle to save⟳ carrying it and it was tied along the saddleskirt of the captain's horse and he had reassembled the fireblackened revolver and loaded it and put⟳ it in his belt.”

“First, fetch⟳ me a pint of moonshine liquor as clear as crystal and as strong as hell; second, fetch⟳ me a big bowl of onion soup full of hog kidneys and 'mountain oysters'; third, fetch⟳ me a bowl of hominy swimmin' in hog grease; fourth, fetch⟳ me a hunk of beefsteak as tough as a saddleskirt; fifth, fetch⟳ me a burlap sack to spread⟳ over my hairy breast — and (pointing straight at the woman of easy morals opposite him) please⟳ inform⟳ me who the God damned chippy is that sits opposite me.”

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