IT'S A "CIN"
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-11-23_DJ_02.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew tightens a horse saddle in a stable.</a>)  The strap I'm tightening is called latigo, Spanish for "gird", or this word that means it's easily done'
a cinch