Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A strap used on the neck of a horse.

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Examples

  • Linkmeister@74: If the P&S has a normal neck-strap, try holding it like this: Grasp the sides of the camera in your hands.

    Making Light: Open thread 135 2010

  • Most notable for the neck-strap keyboard and odd opener.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Tripp 2007

  • Most notable for the neck-strap keyboard and odd opener.

    Eating up the eighties Tripp 2007

  • I swerved more to the right - swayed perilously in the saddle, couldn't even hold the reins in my left hand and I wanted to hold on to the neck-strap with my right, wanted to hold on for dear life, and if I held on, I couldn't steer - It wasn't far, not really.

    Bonecrack Francis, Dick 1971

  • I swerved more to the right" swayed perilously in the saddle, couldn't even hold the reins in my left hand and I wanted to hold on to the neck-strap with my right, wanted to hold on for dear life, and if I held on, I couldn't steer" It wasn't far, not really.

    Bonecrack Francis, Dick 1971

  • At the first motion Aunty Boone had seized Eloise St. Vrain with one hand and the big dun mule's neck-strap with the other.

    Vanguards of the Plains Margaret Hill McCarter 1899

  • After some hard picking at the knot, I untied the rope from the neck-strap, then tied the calf's legs into a bunch and crisscrossed the rope.

    When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine 1887

  • (In unloading, the neck-strap is unbuckled on the near side, also the breasting and girths; and the whole is drawn off behind.) [Fig 1 and 2 and an un-labelled figure on this page further illustrate packing].

    The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton 1866

  • If the horse slips his head-stall, take the throat-lash out of the front, and you may buckle it almost as tight as a neck-strap, which is the safest of all fastenings.

    Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding George Greenwood 1837

  • The usual neck-strap is possibly the worst way to [...]

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2010

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