Sur"cin`gle (?), n. [OE. sursengle, OF. sursangle. See Sur-, and Cingle, Shingles.]
1.
A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast.
2. Eccl.
The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist.
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