SACCADE, Fr. In the manege, a violent check or jirk, which the horseman gives his horse by drawing both the reins very suddenly. This is practised when the horse bears too heavy on the hand; but it ought to be done with great caution, as the frequency of it must eventually spoil the horse’s mouth.
SACHET, Fr. A pouch. It likewise signifies a bag in the diminutive sense. A satchel.
Sachets de mitrailles, Fr. Small bags filled with grape-shot, which are afterwards fired from cannon, or thrown out of mortars.
Sachets de balles de plomb, Fr. Bags of bullets.
SACKS. See [Bags].
SACKERS. They who sack a town.
SACRE ou Sacret, Fr. A name formerly given to pieces of ordnance that carried balls of 4 to 5lb. weight. Each piece weighed from two thousand five hundred to two thousand eight hundred pounds. The same as Saker.
SADDLE. The seat which is put upon a horse for the accommodation of the rider.
SAFE-guard, in military affairs, a protection granted by a general, for some of the enemy’s lands, houses, persons, &c. to preserve them from being insulted or plundered. See [Guard].
SAFYNAMA, Ind. A certificate or writing, specifying any matter of dispute, which it is found necessary to have settled or cleared up.