noun

1. a seat for a rider on a horse, bicycle, etc., usually padded and of leather, and generally straddled in riding
2. a padded part of a harness worn over a horse's back to hold the shafts
3. the part of an animal's back where a saddle is placed
4. anything suggesting a saddle, as in form, placement, etc.
5. a ridge between two peaks or summits
6. 1. a cut of lamb, venison, etc., including part of the backbone and the two loins
   2. the rear part of the back of a fowl

Etymology: ME sadel < OE sadol, akin to Ger sattel < Gmc *sathula, via ? OSlav *sedulo- < IE base *sed-, to sit

transitive verb saddled -·dled, saddling -·dling

1. to put a saddle upon
2. to load or encumber, as with a burden
3. to impose as a burden, obligation, etc.

intransitive verb