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Definition of Saddlebows
1. saddlebow [n] - See also: saddlebow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saddlebows
Literary usage of Saddlebows
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pioneers, Or the Sources of the Susquehanna: A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper (1827)
"... bowed to their saddlebows, as the tearing of branches was succeeded by a sound
like the rushing of the winds, which was followed by a thundering report, ..."
2. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1861)
"... with as many Christian heads hanging at their saddlebows : Muley Abdallah
followed, surrounded by a number of distinguished cavaliers splendidly attired ..."
3. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1854)
"... often brought, dangling at their saddlebows, the heads of the Moors they had
slain, and threw them to the boys in the streets of the villages, ..."
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