A strap attached to the sword handle, preventing a sword being dropped if disarmed
A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass
a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head
Item of tack which consists of a neck strap which buckles around the horse's neck and another one which attaches to the girth at one end, passes through the neck strap and attaches to either the noseband (standing martingale) or the reins (running martingale) at the other Used to prevent the horse from raising his head above the level of the rider's hand and evading the rein aids
The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness