martingale

martingale
/mahr"tn gayl'/, n.
1. Also called standing martingale. part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting of a strap that fastens to the girth, passes between the forelegs and through a loop in the neckstrap or hame, and fastens to the noseband: used to steady or hold down the horse's head. See illus. under harness.
2. Also called running martingale. a similar device that divides at the chest into two branches, each ending in a ring through which the reins pass.
3. Naut. a stay for a jib boom or spike bowsprit.
4. a system of gambling in which the stakes are doubled or otherwise raised after each loss.
[1580-90; < MF: kind of hose fastened at the back, allegedly < Pr martegalo, fem. of martegal, inhabitant of Martigue, town in SE France, though sense appar. influenced by Sp almártaga harness < Ar al-marta'ah the vein]

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