saddlebow

[ sad-l-boh ]

/ ˈsæd lˌboʊ /

the arched front part of a saddle or saddletree.

Origin of saddlebow

before 900; Middle English, Old English. See saddle, bow²

He had only himself to care for, and, with pick and pan strapped to his saddlebow, he set his face westward.

Craftsmanship in Teaching |William Chandler Bagley
The Canadian took the reata hanging at the saddlebow, and swinging it round his head, awaited the gleam of the next flash.

The Indian Scout |Gustave Aimard
Des Barres put him over his saddlebow; then took his prisoners into camp.

The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay |Maurice Hewlett
Now seek for two daggers somewhat like it, and a pair of pistols for the saddlebow.

Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) |G. P. R. James

Every man of them wore linked mail, with shield and lance and sword, while at every saddlebow hung a mace or battleaxe.

With the Black Prince |William Osborn Stoddard

saddlebow

/ (ˈsædəlˌbəʊ) /

the pommel of a saddle