mar|tin|gale

mar|tin|gale
mar|tin|gale «MAHR tuhn gayl», noun.
1. a strap of a horse's harness that prevents the horse from rising on its hind legs or throwing back its head; pole strap.
2. a) a rope or stay that holds down the jib boom on a ship. b) a short spar to which the stay or rope is attached; dolphin striker.
3. a system of betting in which the wager is doubled after each loss.
╂[< Middle French martingale < Provençal martengalo, feminine of martengo inhabitant of Martigues, near Marseilles, France]

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