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Definition of Numnah
1. Noun. A pad, often of sheepskin, placed under a horse's saddle; a saddle blanket ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Numnah
1. a pad under the saddle to prevent chafing [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Numnah
Literary usage of Numnah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes for Hunting-men by Cortlandt Gordon Mackenzie (1901)
"The best and coolest numnah for use with the ordinary saddle is a thin ...
Whatever numnah you use, see that it is considerably larger than the saddle. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"Eassie numnah.—A cavalry numnah, invented by Major Eassie of the English ...
The saddle and numnah are kept together by leather runners on the plates, ..."
3. Elements of Hippology by Francis Cutler Marshall (1908)
"A leather sweat-pad, called the numnah, should be used under it to protect its
... As long as the padding is good and the numnah kept clean, there is small ..."
4. Elements of Hippology by Francis Cutler Marshall (1908)
"A leather sweat-pad, called the numnah, should be used under it to protect its
padding from ... 'As long as the padding is good and the numnah kept clean, ..."
5. The Army Book for the British Empire: A Record of the Development and by William Howley Goodenough, James Cecil Dalton (1893)
"Upon the back rests first the numnah, a soft felt covering which absorbs the
sweat, and shields the back from the rough edges and points 01 the stiff ..."
6. The Story of the 34th Company (Middlesex) Imperial Yeomanry: From the Point by William Corner (1902)
"I used my numnah for a pillow, and the frost made a white hoar ring around my
head on the numnah, and my beard and moustache were frozen stiff. ..."
7. With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa by Charles Sydney Goldman (1902)
"It has a blanket and numnah which require a careful adjustment, a breastplate
which is only required on horses of exceptional conformation, a girth, ..."
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