Then why do you tie the leg-strap around your waist?
I found a bullet hole through the strapthat held my sabre to my belt, and as the strap laid close to my side, it was allowed to pass as a "close shave.
Resting one hand upon those sensitive withers the girl gave a quick spring, landing lightly as thistledown astride the colt's back, holding the halter strap in her firm, brown fingers.
Hitherto a surcingle had served to hold the blanket upon his back, but this contraption had TWO surcingles and a stiff leatherstrap to boot, which Peggy's strong hands pulled tighter than any straps had ever before been pulled around him.
My favorite rubber shoes for outdoor wear are those of ankle height, fastening with a lace or with strap and buckle.
I wear both the socks and the long stockings on the outside of the trousers, and the stockings should be held by a strap at the top.
The toestrap is separate and is fastened by weaving the ends in and out of the filling at the sides of the toe opening.
But it does not hold the shoe as rigidly with respect to side motion as the strap and buckle adopted by white men generally, and I think it is more likely to cause soreness of the feet.
On a long trip into the bush the outfit is sure to get a certain amount of rough usage; a pack strap may give way or the packer may stumble or slip and down goes the pack.
These balls take the place of the shoulder-strap and epaulettes of western civilization, and it must be admitted that they occupy the most conspicuous position one could select.
The fellow wore a decoration consisting of a box six or seven inches square, suspended on his breast by a strap around his neck.
Then let's be off," said Aleck, as he buckled the last strap of his left skate, and stood up.
Then he buckled around her the strap which had held the roll together, leaving only a fold out of which she might grasp the tiller, and another crevice through which to peep and breathe.
Wait a minute till I get this strap off my roll of bedding, and I will wrap a blanket around you.
He put his hands under his loose-hanging overcoat and began to fumble at a leather strap about his waist.
A switch stings more at the time but the strap smarts longer, that's a fact.
Mr. Harmon Andrews told her she ought to use the strap oftener .
The rabbit-skin rug palpitated with angry little feet, Ruby put up the hood and tightened the strap round Jenny, making her more furious than ever.
A quarter of an hour later the farmer passed round his body the strap fixed to the box on wheels in which the cripple was seated and began dragging it as one tows a boat; the oxen, led by Francois, going on in front.
The last strap buckled, the old farmer put on his best coat with upright collar, fastened the broad blue Sunday belt round his waist, and slipped two cigars at a halfpenny each into his coat pocket, a luxury he never indulged in nowadays.
On releasing the pedal, the spring of the pole pulled the strapup and reversed the rotation of the work.
When the pedal was depressed, the strap was pulled down and the work was revolved.
This strap is bolted to a valve rod and as the eccentric revolves the strap makes the valve rod move back and forth.
The strap was a very stout one, and the buckle such as only a man's fingers could loosen.
Monck, still deadly quiet, set her on her feet against one of the wooden posts that supported the roof of the verandah, passed the strap round her waist and buckled it firmly behind the post.
A strap that is either too light or the reverse, or that passes in a direct line from shaft to shaft, had better not be used at all.
The advantage of having a strap in front is apparent for a very young child.
If a horse bores to one side (a most unsightly habit), attach the throat-latch to the ring of the snaffle-bridle by a small strap on the side opposite to that on which the head is bent.
The next operation was to place a second strap around the off fore-leg, draw it pretty tight, and pass the long end of it through one of the rings sewn on to the belly part of the surcingle.
Captain Osborn was on the forecastle giving some orders to the men, when the strap of the block which hoisted up the main-topgallant yard on the stump of the foremast gave way, the yard and sail came down on the deck, and struck him senseless.
On the arms they placed gold rings; on the wrists a thick blackstrap made soft with balsam, and upon it a large chalchiuite or other precious stone.
I was thrown over a greasy bench and was given it--the laying on of a heavy strap not at all gently!
Once I was sent to the machine shop for "strap oil.
Somewhat rested, oblivious of Rika, he scrutinizes his uniform from head to foot, and notices that one of the buttonholes of his boot-strap is torn.
He is immensely proud of the brass chin-strap of an old artillery bushy which has been given to him.
He used to wear it across his forehead in the favorite Kafir fashion, but as the baby always made it his first business to pull this shining strap down over Tom's eyes, and eventually over Tom's mouth, it has been transferred to his neck.
Pains should be taken, however, to have the kicking-strap well back on the quarters, otherwise it is valueless, and also to have it loose enough not to be the cause itself of kicking.
They are fastened to the pad and run alongside the crupper to the splinter-bar and are connected by a strap across the quarters.
The kicking-strap in a single harness is fastened on one shaft and passes up and over the horse's quarters through a loop in the crupper and down on the other side to the other shaft.
Instead of being in a state of terrorized obedience and fearful of being hurt every time he is approached by man with a strap or a piece of harness in his hands, he comes to look upon his training as agreeable play.
Once there, fasten them to the pole, and buckle the pole-strap at the end hole, the near horse first, then the off horse.
They took off the little shabby leather strapthat the boys had given me when I came, and fastened on my new collar and then Mrs. Morris held me up to a glass to look at myself.
Jim watched him very earnestly, and Ned threw the strap half-way across the garden, and said, "Fetch it.
He threw the strap under the raspberry bushes, then looked at me and said, "Fetch it.
I stayed out with Jim for a while, and he asked me if I knew why Ned had thrown a strap for us, instead of a bone or something hard.
Mark smiled as he slipped thestrap over his shoulder.
Having made his way, in the midst of the storm, to the door of the scow on the dry dock occupied by the Orientals, Mark Pence paused to arrange the cloth strap carefully over his shoulder and to feel in his pocket.
His slouch hat was well tilted to the right, with the chin strap arranged just under the lower lip.
Sometimes we get bundles of oat hay out of the barns we visit en route, and strap them, with armfuls of green oats pulled from the fields, fore and aft of our saddles, till we look like fonts at harvest festivals.
Our food consisted of bread, hominy, blackstrap molasses and a red herring a day.
As for eating, they seldom got chicken, mostly they ate red herring and molasses--they called black strap molasses.
