Cinching [verb]
Definition of Cinching:
protect, secure
Sentence/Example of Cinching:
We got the saddles and flung them on the ponies, cinching them good and tight, and then put on the bridles.
Suddenly as the Wolf breasted an upland he saw a man leisurely cinching a saddle on a buckskin horse.
It was plain they were cinching their saddles, probably preparing to do some rough riding.
Rob asked no questions, but went on, taking slack and cinching at the word.
He handed Annixter a sheet of note paper, and turned again to the cinching of his saddle.
Casting off their superfluous furs and blankets, and with a final cinching of belts, they came to attention.
Bob and Tom silently 246 peeled off their coats, and Nelson followed suit, cinching in his leather belt in a businesslike way.
He started running toward the lifeship, too, cinching his belt as he ran.
He was untying his horse, with quick decided movements, and cinching up the girth.
I went quietly back to the river-bed, and found that most of the fellows had dismounted and were "cinching" up their saddles.