While Magnus tightened the girths somebody played a guitar, and as he was riding away Oscar began to sing.
With spur on heel before them those wicked traitors stand, And saddle-girths both stout and strong they have taken in the hand.
His saddle-girths were broken; not one of them held out.
With the buckled girthsthey scourged them in fashion unbeseen, And exceeding was their anguish from the sharp spurs and keen.
It was impossible; so giving his orders stoutly and sharply, the horses were bitted and the girths tightened.
Here in a regular military fashion the horses' girths were loosened, they were watered, and allowed to crop the grass.
The plague began in Triana, and the infection was said to have been brought from Cadiz by seamen.
It is an early hour; but the light is then fairly good, and the chapels are usually quiet.
A mere ramble through the naves and a peep into one or two of the capillas will not suffice.
The animals had been left bridled and saddled, the saddle girths having been loosened.
Professor Zepplin arrived at the camp just as Ned had finally cinched the girths and swung himself into the saddle.
The only drawback to ordinary woollen girths is that they are not sufficiently ventilated, an objection which has been overcome in specially constructed woollen girths that are sold by many good saddlers.
As the tightness of the girths diminishes according to the duration and severity of the work, the girths should be taken up after the lady has ridden for some time.
The front girth is first taken up, and then the next one, which is passed through the loop of the martingale or breast-plate, supposing that two girths of equal width are used.
The girth-place is that portion of the brisket which is just behind the fore legs, and which the girths pass under when the horse is saddled.
I remember riding a steeple-chase horse called Emigrant, which placed quite enough strain both on me and my girths when he was first called upon to carry a side-saddle.
Great care should be taken to keep girths clean and soft, and to oil them from time to time, if they be of leather.
He rode straight to the stables and loosed the girths of his horse, and gave particular directions about grooming and feeding him, and stayed in the stall for a few minutes rubbing his ears and fondling him.
Soto and one other alone succeeded in getting into the saddle; but Soto himself, after killing one Indian with his spear, was thrown, his girths giving way.
See that your girths are tight; many a good fall have I got by not attending to this.
At length they came so furiously together that the girths of their horses were broken and both were borne to the ground.
With so great a crash did they come together that both their spears were broken into a hundred pieces, and their breastplates, girths and cruppers burst, and the two knights fell to the ground half stunned with the shock.
They put their spears in their rests, and came like the wind against each other, and either smote other in the middle of their shields, so that both their horses' girths broke.
The writer once saw a powerful horse burst two good English girths by a sudden bound and throw off his rider, saddle and all.
First, however, see that the saddle fits snugly in its place, and that the girths are good and in order.
There, hold my horse; loosen the saddle-girths of yours too, and let them breathe freely.
Girths were loosened, and the horses were at work cropping the sweet grass near the water's edge.
There was a general expression of agreement, then the girths were tightened, and in five minutes the troop was in motion.
Tighten the saddle-girths and examine the buckles.
Then another bent is heaved up and the extending girths fitted, braced, and pinned.
The girths that connect with the next bent are put in place, braced, and stayed.
The rajah, who had recovered his presence of mind, here ordered a halt, and directed his men to see that their saddle-girths were tight and their arms loaded.
Each horseman, before mounting, tightened up the girths of his saddle; and all having fallen into their ranks, the order to move forward was given.
I would ride that one if I could have a severer bit and my saddle girths tightened.
The sergeant fastened the chain on and it was made tight, too, and he tightened the girths and saw that everything was right, and then Lieutenant Golden and I started on our ride the second time.
One instant set the palfrey at liberty, with slackened girths and loosened reins, to pick its own way through the dell at will; another placed Julian Peveril by the side of Alice Bridgenorth.
The amateur farmer had put on the side-saddle, not exactly bottom upwards, but turned square around; and he was trying to buckle the girths upon the stirrup-strap.
He skilfully made the required change, and buckled the girths with such rapidity as struck Mr. Kerchey with amazement, and quite discouraged him from ever touching a side-saddle again.
And they gave each other such a shock that the girths of their horses were broken, so that they fell over their horses' cruppers to the ground.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "girths" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
