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Definition of Shabracks
1. shabrack [n] - See also: shabrack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shabracks
Literary usage of Shabracks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"... clothed in striped silk tobes; and the skin of the tiger-cat and leopard formed
their shabracks, which hung fully over their horses' haunches. ..."
2. Berlin Under the New Empire: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry by Heanry Vizetelly (1879)
"The kits were fairly heavy, almost unnecessarily so ; the shabracks, wallets,
cloaks, mess tins, piquet ropes, &c., being worn. The cuirassiers had on their ..."
3. Berlin Under the New Empire: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry by Henry Vizetelly (1879)
"The kits m>- fairly heavy, almost unnecessarily so; the shabracks, walic:- cloaks,
mess tins, piquet ropes, &c., being worn. ..."
4. Coomassie and Magdala: The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa by Henry Morton Stanley (1874)
"They were dressed in green cloth uniforms, and their horses had green shabracks.
Each man was armed with a short double-barrelled rifle and tulwar.i ..."