Beside it lay a bag which could be fastened to the cantle of the saddle.
Stella never rode away from camp without taking food in a small bag, which was attached to the cantle of her saddle.
Tied to the cantle of the saddle was a pair of blankets.
And, as if to give emphasis to his words, he turned round in his saddle toward me, placing his left hand on the cantle as though to obtain a steady glance of my face, and continued.
Fortunately the gobbler still hung from the cantle of his saddle; and he had just singed, and was roasting it over the fire, when so agreeably interrupted by the approach of his brothers.
Basil then dismounted; and, taking up the turkey, tied its legs to the cantle of his saddle.
Capital punishment is abolished in Peru, but political offenders are tried by military courts, and shot when found guilty of conspiracy or treason.
Great care is taken in training them, and they are taught an easy gait, half trotting and half pacing, called the paso-trote.
In a short time he was back with the green stuff piled high on the saddle in front of him, with a large bundle tied to the cantle of the saddle behind.
Slip one hand through under my belt and take hold of the cantle with the other.
The English cavalry use a saddle which has a lower cantle and pommel than our Grimsley saddle, covered with leather.
The pommel and cantle are lower than in the old model; the whole is covered with wet raw hide, glued on and sewed at the edges.
Andy appraised him mentally, decided that he was an able-bodied man and therefore fightable, and threw his right leg over the cantle with a quite surprising alacrity.
He bent over his sacked riding outfit, and undid it, revealing a wonderful saddle of stamped leather inlaid on skirt and cantle with more beaten silver.
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He threw his leg over the cantleof the saddle and stepped softly to the ground.
He avoided cowpunchers who wore rattlesnake bands on their hats or stretched the skin over the edge of the cantle of their saddles.
On approaching the bar, the latter should incline the body back from the waist upwards, at such an angle, that a line from the back point of the shoulder would fall about a couple of inches behind the cantle of the saddle.
Comes me cranking in, And cuts me from the best of all my land, A huge half-moon, a monstrous cantle out.
The right leg is swung over the cantle and into position on the off side of the saddle, while at the same time the right hand is swung forward and out of the way of the leg.
The cantle is then grasped in the right hand and the rider springs from the right foot assisted by the pull of the arms.
The body should be well back in the saddle about two inches in front of the cantle and resting comfortably.
Timothy Fairway, enlarging his gaze to cover Christian's whole surface and a great deal more, Grandfer Cantle meanwhile staring as a hen stares at the duck she has hatched.
I never saw such a clumsy chap as you, Christian," said Grandfer Cantle severely.
Christian Cantle appeared in the room in his Sunday clothes.
Grandfer Cantle has been here ever so long, and we thought you'd have come with him, as you live so near one another.
Granfer Cantle in an encouraged voice, and starting round briskly.
Grandfer Cantleis standing in this corner, waiting his turn.
And you've your work cut out to do that, my son," said Grandfer Cantle smartly.
Grandfer Cantle exclaimed, jumping up and hastening to the door.
Thomasin recognized them as belonging to Timothy Fairway and Grandfer Cantle respectively.
Immediately outside, in the passage, appeared Grandfer Cantle singing in concert with those still standing in front of the house.
From a water-bag at thecantle of the saddle he poured water into his big hat, watching sympathetically while the big horse drank.
Folded in the slicker that was strapped to the cantle of his saddle was food; he carried his rifle in the saddle sheath, and a water-bag bulged above the horse's withers.
While he waited Mr. Masterson removed his sombrero and fastened it back of the cantle by a saddle-string.
Curly Bill was rubbed out, while Wyatt Earp, shaving eternity, had the cantle of his saddle torn away with a double handful of buckshot.
The young or old Diana, especially if she is not in hard riding condition, is very apt to get rubbed, generally by the cantle of the saddle.
The girl's eyes suddenly riveted on a small round hole in the cantle of his saddle where the ball had entered.
The girl rounded it and as Harris followed a jump behind he felt a jarring tug at the cantle of his saddle and the thin, sharp crack of a rifle reached him.
On the inside and far to the left extremity of the cantle a ragged gash showed where if had passed out.
After a little, Quesada conquered his vague apprehensions sufficiently to sup upon the cold sausages, dry bread, and bota of wine which he had had the forethought to sling to the cantle of his saddle.
The broken straps on that box showed where it had been torn with sudden violence from the cantle of his saddle.
From behind the cantle of the saddle, he removed those canvas packs which contained the drugs, preparations, and liquors he had gathered at the doctor's casa.
Dick was dreadfully hungry, but he said nothing, clinging to the cantle of the saddle with both hands, for the pony was now loping.
Dick had some difficulty in keeping his seat on the pony's back, for he could not hold on to the cantle of the saddle, and Spraddle wabbled dreadfully, as he stumbled among the bowlders in the coulee.
It was too steep for both to ride now, so he tied the bundle to the cantle with leathern strings and started leading the horse.
His saddle-bags were across the cantle of his cow-boy saddle.
Thereupon the wily Teuton hit upon the device of cutting an ox-hide into narrow strips, wherewith he enclosed a goodly cantle of land, and upon it built Tong Castle.
A glance at the map at the end of this volume will reveal, down in the south-western extremity of the county, a remote outlyingcantle of Shropshire wedged in, as it were, between the Welsh counties of Montgomery and Radnor.
Until comparatively recent times, there was an isolatedcantle of Shropshire lying derelict, so to speak, far away towards the east, upon the confines of Worcester and Stafford.
So let us now turn our attention to the spacious landscape which lies outspread around; a prospect that embraces the greater part of west-central England, and a good cantle of wild Wales to boot.
Phelim only wondered, that his master should have it spread over his shoulders on such a sultry evening instead of folded up, and strapped to the cantle of his saddle!
Quickly unfolding his serape--hitherto strapped across the cantle of his saddle--he flung it over the head of his horse.
To make it thoroughly secure, I cut a length from my lazo; and, warping it round the waist, fastened one end to the pommel in front, the other to the cantle behind.
Behind me, on the cantle of my saddle, may be observed a bright red object folded into a cylindrical form.
He's too much afraid lest one of these wild Americanos might whip her off on the cantle of his saddle.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cantle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
