word of the day: cantle
context:
Miss Bianca and Shaun of the Mouse Prisoners’ Aid Society are riding a race horse in a rescue attempt.
[The race horse’s] tail streamed like a comet, the plaits of his mane like candle flames; from his nostrils (at least so one pedestrian asserted) flashed sparks of fire! Miss Bianca’s silvery fur blew about like snowflakes; Shaun, even in the lee of the cantle, had to hold his whiskers on …
definition (Merriam-Webster): the upward projecting rear part of a saddle
This makes eleven Word of the Day posts for one children’s book. I did four for the second book in The Rescuers series. I did three for the first. Margery Sharp doesn’t want dumb readers.
source:
The Turret
by Margery Sharp
illustrations by Garth Williams
1963. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston
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