saddle
saddle definition
sad·dle (sad′'l)
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
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
- 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
saddle Idioms
in the saddle
- seated on a saddle
- in a position of control
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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