Martingale example sentences

mar·tin·gale

noun

martingale (noun) · martingales (plural noun)

  - a strap, or set of straps, attached at one end to the noseband (standing martingale) or reins (running martingale) of a horse and at the other end to the girth. It is used to prevent the horse from raising its head too high.

  - a gambling system of continually doubling the stakes in the hope of an eventual win that must yield a net profit.