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Surcingle vs Baldric - What's the difference?

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Surcingle is a related term of baldric.


As nouns the difference between surcingle and baldric

is that surcingle is a long unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket, pack or saddle on an animal while baldric is a belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip.

surcingle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a long unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket, pack or saddle on an animal
  • *'>citation
  • a piece of tack wrapped around the belly of a horse, to use when longeing, also know as lungeing; (roller in UK and Australasia)
  • a girdle to fasten a garment, especially a cassock

    • Synonyms

    * roller

    baldric

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip.
  • * 1833 , Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott :
    • As he rode down to Camelot:/And from his blazon'd baldric slung/A mighty silver bugle hung,/And as he rode his armor rung/Beside remote Shalott.
  • * 1922 , Author, The Museum Journal, Vol. XIII , The University Museum, page 168:
    • The figure on the left, holding the severed head of the ox, has removed his sword with the baldric from which it is suspended and given it to his companion, who holds it beside his own with the baldric swinging.
  • * 1998 , Raymond E. Fiest, Krondor, the Betrayal , HarperCollins, page 16:
    • The man facing Locklear had his head covered with a red bandanna, and over his shoulder was a baldric from which a cutlass at had hung.