English
surcingle
Surcingle comes from Old French surcengle.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400surcengle
- Englishearliest quotation 1929surcingle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400surcengle
- Englishearliest quotation 1929surcingle
Earliest quotation: 1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland: “He was standing on the offside of his horse,…”
Every English word from Old French surcengle
Today it means
noun A long unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket, pack or saddle on an animal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French surcengle / surcingle