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Title: Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Farrow, Edward S. (Edward Samuel), b. 1855
Subjects: Military art and science
Publisher: New York : (s.n.)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ingenu-ity. See StiinnJiinnvier. hammer cloth.—When the aparejo is placedon the back of a i)ack-iinimal, it is covered with apiece of canvas or matting, made to lit it. called tin-lIiDniiier-i-bith. Two pieces of hard wood, about 1inch thick. 2 inches wide, 20 inches long, round onthe outside and beveled to an edge at Ihe ends, areplaced about (i inches from the end of the cloth.Leather caps are stitched over the ends rif the wood.To secure the hammer-cUith, aparejo anil Ihe blan-kets beneath it lo the animal, a wide girth. <alle(l acincha or cinch, is used. It is made of hide orstrong canvas, about 0 feet long (a lillle too shortto go around the nudes body over the aparejo), from1,5 to 20 inches wide, and so folded as to bring tin;edges and stitching in the center. A .semi-circularpiece of leather, provided with holes or a ring, isstitched on one end, and two loops of strong leatherand a slider of hard wood on the other. The cinchis tightened by drawing the two ends together, by
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means of what is known as the latigo.strap—madeof strong bridle-leather about 0 feet long, an inchand one-half wide at one end and tapering to one-half inch at the other. When the strap is suflicienllydrawn, a loop is formed in the free end and the bowis pulled under the front and back lashings of thestrap. To relax the cinch and set all free, it is onlynecessary to pull on the free end of the strap. Forvery small animals a short cinch fone end furnishedwith a ring and the other with a stick, bent into theshape of a hook), attached to a rope at the ring maybe used. See Aparejo and Packing. HAMMEE-NAIL. 6 HAND-ABMS. HAMMER-NAIL.—The pin securing the cock to the jilate of the irun-lock. It is freqviently called thehxk-nicl. HAMMER-PIKE.—A long-shafted weapon, likethe icar-fuimm^r. It was carried by the subalternsin charge of the flag under the First Empire (1804-1814). HAMMER-SPRING.—The spring of a hammer in agun-lork. Its parts are the play-side, the i<Uid-side.the turn, th

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