rigwithum

rigwithum [ME rigge+withe], ridge band for carthorse, ‘rigwiddy’, or cartshaft. 1346 custus carucarum: ‥ in thistris, togwitthis, et rigwitthis emptis vj d. Rec. Elton 321; 1420 in reparacione sellarum, frenorum, girthwebb’, girthbukles, et j rygwythi et aliorum iij s. x d. Ac. Durh. 407.