Stage – Sclaff
Stage
The distance travelled by one team of horses.
DRIVING] Stops.-Hooks upon the shafts which prevent the harness from slipping forward.
Surcingle
A girth which passes under the saddle and keeps some object, such as a blanket or sheet, tightly upon the horse's body.
Swing-bars
The transverse timbers swinging from the main-bar (q.v.) to which the leaders' traces are affixed. Sometimes called swingletrees.
Sacre and Sakeret
- Falco sacer. A hawk largely used in the East, especially in India.
Formerly found in Europe, but now extremely It belongs to the group of desert falcons.
Sails
The wings of a hawk.
Screen
The perch, hung with canvas, on which hawks are set indoors. rare.
Seel
To sew up the lower eyelids of a hawk, and tie the threads behind the head. An obsolete practice now superseded by the hood.
Serve (of the falconer). - To put out the quarry from the cover for the falcon waiting overhead.
Short-Winged Hawk.- [See FALCON and HAWKS PROPER.]
Slight Falcon
- [See PEREGRINE.]
Stoop
The rapid descent of a hawk from a height upon its quarry. Also called Souse. (Obs.) Summed (of a hawk). - Having all its feathers complete and ready for flying.
Swivel
The link attaching the jesses to the leash. It turns freely in order to prevent entanglement.
Scare
The part of a wooden club where the head and shaft are joined.
Sclaff
To scrape the surface of the ground with the sole of the club head before striking the ball.
Scratch player. A good player, who receives neither handicap nor penalty.