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Saddle feathers Feathers covering the back or saddle before the tail coverts; in cocks they are long and pointed divided into upper and lower saddles Scapulars Short feathers on the upper side of the wing near the body Secondaries The long flight feathers of the inner part of the wing Sickles The two longest curved feathers of the tail
Wintec Saddles was launched in 1916 and is a saddle brand known for the first nonsynthetic saddles. [1] [2] History. The company is a subsidiary of Saddlery Brands ...
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Tightening the girth, or cinch, of a western saddle. Several types of girth are shaped to allow ample room for the elbows. The Balding style is a flat piece of leather cut into three strips which are crossed and folded in the center, and the Atherstone style is a shaped piece of baghide with a roughly 1.5” wide strip of stronger leather running along the center.
Brooks England is a bicycle saddle manufacturer originally based in Smethwick, West Midlands, England and now owned by Selle Royal of Italy. It has been making leather goods since 1866, when it was founded in Hockley, Birmingham. In the 1880s, the production of bicycle saddles began, the first saddle patent having been filed in 1882. [1]
Rooster Sailing Ltd is a sailing wear company based in England. [1] History. Rooster was founded in 1999 by Steve Cockerill, [2] [3] a British dinghy sailor in the ...
Crossbuck / Sawbuck pack saddle has crossed wooden bars to attach sling ropes. Otago pack saddle, known in military use as the British universal pack saddle, is a rideable pack saddle with two large cushioning pads to prevent injury to the animal and large hooks on each side of the metal pommel and cantle arches for hanging pack bags or crates. [3]
(pl.) aboiteaux A sluice or conduit built beneath a coastal dike, with a hinged gate or a one-way valve that closes during high tide, preventing salt water from flowing into the sluice and flooding the land behind the dike, but remains open during low tide, allowing fresh water precipitation and irrigation runoff to drain from the land into the sea; or a method of land reclamation which relies ...