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Martingale   /mˈɑrtɪŋˌeɪl/   Listen
Martingale

noun
1.
A harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head.
2.
Spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat.  Synonym: dolphin striker.





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"Martingale" Quotes from Famous Books



... of gold, silver, or other metals, cast or chased, with some appropriate device in relief, which were worn as an ornamental trapping for horses, affixed to the head-stall or to a throat-collar, or to a martingale over the chest.—Rich's "Companion to Lat. Dict. ...
— Hellenica • Xenophon
... aloft to the garboard strake! And reef the spanker boom; Bend a studding sail on the martingale, To give her ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various


Words linked to "Martingale" :   saddlery, tack, harness, stable gear, spar


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