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McClellan, n.|məˈklɛlən| Also M'Clellan, (misspelt) McLellan. [The name of George B. McClellan (1826–85), U.S. army officer, who invented this type of saddle.] Used attrib. with reference to a type of saddle with a wooden leather-covered frame and a high pommel and cantle, long used by the U.S. cavalry. Also absol.
1866J. E. Cooke Surry xxii. 83 His saddle was a plain ‘McClellan tree’ strapped over a red blanket for saddle cloth. 1885W. D. Howells Rise S. Lapham ii. 47 A burly mounted policeman, bulging over the pommel of his M'Clellan saddle, jolted by. 1901F. Norris Octopus (1903) I. i. v. 161 In the corners of the room were muddy boots, a McClellan saddle, a surveyor's transit, and empty coal hod, and a box of iron bolts and nuts. 1940W. van T. Clark Ox-Bow Incident ii. 124 He didn't have a stock saddle either, but a little, light McLellan. 1976V. Randolph Pissing in Snow lvi. 85 The McClellan is an old-style army saddle, and there ain't no horn on it. 1981E. Hartley-Edwards Country Life Bk. Saddlery & Equipment 98/3 The earliest McClellan saddles did not have panels. |