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A Danish Guard Hussar with a traditional shabraque, decorated with a zig-zag border and royal cypher The arms of the City of London on a shabraque used on ceremonial occasions by the City of London Police. A shabrack or shabraque (Turkish: çaprak, Hungarian: csábrák) is a saddlecloth, formerly used by European light cavalry.
The reverse design consists of a galloping Horse set against the background of the pre-historic Uffington White Horse, located in Oxfordshire. [1] Lettering on the coin reads "YEAR OF THE HORSE · 2014" a plus details of the mass and metal content of the coin. The Chinese character for Horse (馬) is displayed near the coin's centre.
Navajo single saddle blanket, circa 1870. When the horse was first domesticated, the saddle blanket was the first and only piece of equipment placed on a horse's back, attached with a strap or rope, used primarily to protect the rider. Over time, the blanket developed into a pad, and later the pad or blanket became a buffer and support for a ...
The Welsh Mountain sheep is a dual-purpose breed and is the foundation of the Welsh sheep industry. [2] In the Middle Ages these sheep were predominantly kept for their wool and milk, but by the nineteenth century they had become renowned in England for their tasty meat and Queen Victoria is reported to have demanded Welsh lamb at the royal ...
A horse blanket or rug is a blanket or animal coat intended for keeping a horse or other equine warm or otherwise protected from wind or other elements. They are tailored to fit around a horse's body from chest to rump, with straps crossing underneath the belly to secure the blanket yet allowing the horse to move about freely.
The Katahdin is a modern American breed of sheep. It is an easy-care sheep: it grows a hair coat with little wool which moults naturally in the spring, and so does not need to be shorn. It is reared for meat only. It was developed by a breeder named Michael Piel in Maine, and is named for Mount Katahdin in that state.
Four breeds of sheep, in the illustrated encyclopedia Meyers Konversationslexikon. This is a list of breeds of domestic sheep. Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are partially derived from mouflon (Ovis gmelini) stock, and have diverged sufficiently to be considered a different species. Some sheep breeds have a hair coat and are known as haired sheep.
The rock band Weezer released its own Snuggie blanket in November 2009, which is available in solid blue with the name "Weezer" on it in white font. It has been dubbed the "Wuggie". [27] It is sometimes marketed as a "comfy blanket". [28] The former business GO-GO Blanket holds the US patent for child-sized sleeved blankets.