cinch (sinch)

[ E. cingle, a girdle: see cingle.] A saddle-girth made of leather, canvas, or woven horsehair. [Western U. S.] The two ends of the tough cordage which constitute the cinch terminate in long, narrow strips of leather, called látigos [Spanish, thongs), which connect the cinches with the saddle and are run through an iron ring, called... the lari go ring, and then tied by a series of complicated turns and knots known only to the craft. L. Swinburne. cinch (sinch), v. [ up. ир. II. in trans. To tighten the cinch: used with in