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The definition of a saddle is a padded seat on a horse or bike.
(noun)An example of a saddle is where a person sits when riding a horse.
Saddle is defined as to put a seat on a horse or bike, or to add a load or burden.
(verb)- An example of saddle is to put a padded cover on a bicycle seat.
- An example of saddle is to take out a second mortgage which will increase the monthly mortgage loan payment; to saddle yourself with an increased payment.
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See saddle in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a seat for a rider on a horse, bicycle, etc., usually padded and of leather, and generally straddled in riding
- a padded part of a harness worn over a horse's back to hold the shafts
- the part of an animal's back where a saddle is placed
- anything suggesting a saddle, as in form, placement, etc.
- a ridge between two peaks or summits
- a cut of lamb, venison, etc., including part of the backbone and the two loins
- the rear part of the back of a fowl
Origin: ME sadel < OE sadol, akin to Ger sattel < Gmc *sathula, via ? OSlav *sedulo- < IE base *sed-, to sit
transitive verb saddled, saddling
- to put a saddle upon
- to load or encumber, as with a burden
- to impose as a burden, obligation, etc.
intransitive verb
to put a saddle on a horse and mount it: often with up
See saddle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A leather seat for a rider, secured on an animal's back by a girth. Also called regionally rig.b. Similar tack used for attaching a pack to an animal.c. The padded part of a driving harness fitting over a horse's back.d. The seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.e. Something shaped like a saddle.
- a. A cut of meat consisting of part of the backbone and both loins.b. The lower part of a male fowl's back.
- a. A saddle-shaped depression in the ridge of a hill.b. A ridge between two peaks.
- To put a saddle onto.
- To load or burden; encumber: They were saddled with heavy expenses.
- To saddle a horse.
- To get into a saddle.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English sadel
Origin: , from Old English sadol; see sed- in Indo-European roots
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