Tom,' I says, 'this yere is the 'leventh time you cinches on a new name.
He announces that mebby an hour before, this party comes over to the corral, makes a motion or two with his hands, cinches the hull onto the pinto, an' lines out for the northeast on the Silver City trail.
During the day time cinches may be loosened, one-third of the horses at a time.
In the vicinity of the enemy or at night a portion of the infantry may be required to remain under arms, the cavalry to hold their horses (cinches loosened), and the artillery to remain in harness, or take up a combat position.
They have tightened cinches and passed the lines Ere the lowland mists have flown; The men are astride of the squadron's best, And Ross, of the Captain's roan.
It was necessary to watch the packs with worrysome care to see that nothing came loose, to keep the cinches tight, and to be sure that none of the horses were being galled by their burdens.
LINE UP, BRAVE BOYS The packs are on, the cinches tight, The patient horses wait, Upon the grass the frost lies white, The dawn is gray and late.
The boys dismounted, loosened their cinches, pulled forward the blankets, tightened the cinches again, saw to it that their ropes were well arranged, and then everything was ready.
The older men, when after some trouble they had succeeded in getting the saddles on their horses, and the cinches drawn, were likely to lead the animals up and down by a rope, and let them buck with the empty saddle.
As the cinches had given way at one end, the line itself had parted at the other.
The rope was about his own horn; he thanked God that he had examined the cinches of Molly's saddle.
Once when they pulled up to breathe their horses, dismounting to loose cinches and cool the backs of the mounts, Drew indulged his curiosity further.
But by the next morning a few doubts troubled him as he tightened saddle cinches on the stallion.
Drew made a painful effort, pulled himself away from the rock to fumble at the cinches of the bay’s saddle, only to be pushed aside.
He drew the tugs stiffly over the Lady's back, unloosed the cinches of the saddle, pushed it off the horse and, sinking into the snow behind her, struck with his free arm at her feet.
Two of the lash cinches were in good order, the other two needed new hooks.
He bridled his own horse, and Jack did the same for Pawnee, both throwing down the reins; then the cinches of the pack saddle were tightened, and the bag quickly lashed in place.
At first the cinches were drawn only tight enough to keep the saddles in place, but after all were saddled, they went over them again and drew both cinches up tight.
The dun laid back his ears, and rolled his eyes, and humped up his back a little, as the saddle cinches were tightened, but stood quiet while the packs were put in place, and the manta thrown over them.
Then he put the saddles on the pack horses, and drew the cinches up on them well, but did not tie them.
Down in the bunk-house Jack Danvers and Hugh Johnson were sitting on the floor near the warm stove, looking over pack-saddles, cinches and ropes, for they were preparing to make a long journey.
I have found that the usual cord cinches are apt to wear sores just back of the shoulder.
Sidenote: Unsaddling] Every hour or so loosen the cinches of your saddle horse and raise the saddle and blankets an inch or so to permit a current of air to pass through.
This yere particular badger has the fam'ly weaknesses fully deeveloped, an' the moment he cinches onto Coyote, he shore makes up his mind never to let go ag'in in this world nor the next.
I says to myse'f; an' with that I cinches the saddle onto James precip'tate.
After she had tightened the cinches of the saddles and they were mounted, she instructed the boy, "Lean well forward in your saddle and hold the horn tightly, dear.
I can saddle him, too--but Limber has to pull the cinches tight.
He tightened the cinches of the three saddles and adjusted the bridles while Katherine and Donnie picked up the cups and spoons.
He was unfastening the double cinches of his saddle, but the leather straps fell from his fingers when Limber said slowly and meaningly; "No.
As soon as the strain came on the cinches the pony threw down his head and began some of the most scientific and satisfactory bucking that was ever seen on the Hashknife range, which is compliment enough.
He stepped closer to the saddle, tested the cinches and spoke to Kate: "It's a hard ride.
While the mules winced now, after they had become warmed up and the hay of the aparejos packed to a better fit, they could travel longer and carry the heavy burdens with greater ease than if the cinches were slacked.
Groaning from the tightness of the cinches they stood trembling while the huge cruppers were put into place and breast straps tightened.
Dale looked Ranger over, and tried the cinches of Bo's horse.
Swiftly the blankets went on, swiftly the saddles swung up, swiftly the cinches snapped.
Helen, as she shifted her foot to let him tighten the cincheson her saddle.
The double cinches and the breast and back cinches puzzled them completely, and they refused to have anything to do with them.
With this in mind, cinches were loosened, the animals turned out to graze, and the men, snatching a hasty bite, flung themselves wearily on the ground.
Keith examined them closely--both had been ridden with saddles, the marks of the cinches plainly visible.
But if he heard her last words he paid no attention to them, for he was suddenly at his pony's side, buckling the cinches tighter.
After Sheila had completed the tightening of the cinches she led the pony beside the corral fence, mounted, and without looking at Duncan started to ride away.
She turned her back and began fumbling with the cinches of the saddle.
The corporal advanced, pushed her gently aside, loosened the cinches and swung the saddle from the back of the pinto mare.
Leading one of them outside, he deftly slung a saddle to its back, secured the cinches and put on a light bridle.
He leaped to the ground and saw that the cinches were securely fastened, after which he vaulted back into the saddle, and, instead of offering prayer for success, sent up profanity at the possibility of failure.
Then he stepped off the verandah and tightened the cinches of his saddle, and readjusted the neatly rolled blanket tied at the cantle.
I didn't figger you had," Seth replied, rising and proceeding to tighten up the cinches of his saddle preparatory to departing.
He was much relieved as Landy took charge, transferred the saddle from lofty Frosty to the diminutive colt, fitted the cinches and shortened the stirrup leathers to what he thought was about the right length.
He unknotted the cinches and drew off the saddle, propping it against one hip while he surveyed his mount.
The very leanness of Alcatraz made it easier to trace his running-muscles; she estimated, too, the ample girth at the cinches where size means wind.
He was big where the cinches would run, you see, and I began to understand where he got that wind of his that never gives out.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cinches" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
