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Definition of "saddlecloth" [sad•dle•cloth]

  • A cloth placed under the saddle of a racehorse and bearing its number. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "saddlecloth" in a sentence
  • "Bands of wolf pelt encircled his boot tops, his saddlecloth was a grey skin, his sword's long straight scabbard and his carbine's saddle holster were both sheathed in wolfskin while his horse's nose band was a strip of grey fur."
  • "Slung to his saddlecloth was the bloody bag with my father's head."
  • "He watched its lively gait with pleasure as the groom hoisted the saddlecloth and flung it over the broad, glossy back, so taken with the horse that he barely noticed the quality of its gear."