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Saddle   /sˈædəl/   Listen
noun
Saddle  n.  
1.
A seat for a rider, usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.
2.
A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.
3.
A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc.
4.
(Naut.) A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.
5.
(Mach.) A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
6.
(Zool.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
7.
(Arch.) The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors.
8.
(Phys. Geog.) A ridge connected two higher elevations; a low point in the crest line of a ridge; a col.
9.
(Mining) A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, esp. in Australia.
Saddle bar (Arch.), one the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured.
Saddle gall (Far.), a sore or gall upon a horse's back, made by the saddle.
Saddle girth, a band passing round the body of a horse to hold the saddle in its place.
saddle horse, a horse suitable or trained for riding with a saddle.
Saddle joint, in sheet-metal roofing, a joint formed by bending up the edge of a sheet and folding it downward over the turned-up edge of the next sheet.
Saddle roof, (Arch.), a roof having two gables and one ridge; said of such a roof when used in places where a different form is more common; as, a tower surmounted by a saddle roof. Called also saddleback roof.
Saddle shell (Zool.), any thin plicated bivalve shell of the genera Placuna and Anomia; so called from its shape. Called also saddle oyster.


verb
Saddle  v. t.  (past & past part. saddled; pres. part. saddling)  
1.
To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding. "saddle my horse." "Abraham rose up early,... and saddled his ass."
2.
Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways.





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"Saddle" Quotes from Famous Books



... wicked ways little boys are too often undesignedly led into by that means, he was surprised by the neighing of a horse, and looking round, there was the prettiest milk-white little creature galloping towards him that ever was seen, with a little bridle on, and a saddle and stirrups on his back, and running directly up to Harry, he fell down on his knees, seemingly to invite him to get on his back; Harry was almost afraid to trust himself on the little horse at first, but recollecting that the same Almighty hand which had ...
— The History of Little King Pippin • Thomas Bewick
... that Macaulay was utterly destitute of bodily accomplishments, and that he viewed his deficiencies with supreme indifference. He could neither swim, nor row, nor drive, nor skate, nor shoot. He seldom crossed a saddle, and never willingly. When in attendance at Windsor as a cabinet minister he was informed that a horse was at his disposal. "If her Majesty wishes to see me ride," he said, "she must order out an ...
— Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay • George Otto Trevelyan
... when he had done, transported him back to his own chamber, where he asked him if he had any other commands. "Yes," answered Alla ad Deen, "I expect you to bring me as soon as possible a charger, that surpasses in beauty and goodness the best in the sultan's stables, with a saddle, bridle, and other caparisons worth a million of money. I want also twenty slaves, as richly clothed as those who carried the present to the sultan, to walk by my side and follow me, and twenty more to go before me in two ranks. Besides ...
— The Arabian Nights Entertainments vol. 3 • Anon.
... butter-pot for a fresh supply. Turk walked before us with his coat of mail, and Flora followed, peeping at a respectful distance from him, for fear of the darts. Knips, as my boys called the monkey, finding this new saddle very inconvenient, jumped off, with many contortions, but soon fixed on Flora, who, not being able to shake him off, was compelled to become ...
— The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island • Johann David Wyss
... and happy," said Scarlett to himself; and then, with a curious sensation as of a film being drawn over his eyes, he turned away, pressed his horse's sides, and when he strained round in the saddle again to look back, it was to see the tops of trees growing about his home, and the moorland spreading away to ...
— Crown and Sceptre - A West Country Story • George Manville Fenn


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