Quarter-strap
- [See HIP-STRAP.] [DRIVING band running from the same point underneath the horse. The reins run through rings upon the top of it.
Shafts. The bars between which a horse is fastened to a carriage.
Shelling.-[See KICKING.] Shooter. A name given to coach guards in the olden time. Various reasons have been given for the appellation, but the real origin is a matter of doubt.
Shouldering.- (1) Of the horse, pushing sideways upon pole or partner. (2) Of the guard and coachman, picking up short-distance passengers on the road whose names were not entered on the way-bill, and whose fare was therefore secured by the guard for himself and the driver. Such passengers were called "Shoulder-sticks." At the dinners given by the great coach proprietors to their guards and coach- [H. Alken.
TRAVEL BY COACH IN OLDEN DAYS. WINTER.