Etymology : Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol; akin to Old High German satul saddle
Pronunciation : 'sa-d
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Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. seat for a rider on the back of an animal. place a seat on the back of an animal; load with a burden or obligation. saddle\sad"dle\ , n. [oe. sadel, as. sadol; akin to d. zadel, g. sattel, ohg. satal, satul, icel. s??ull, dan. & sw. sadel; cf. russ. siedlo; all perh. ultimately from the root of e. sit.].
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. (naut.) a block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.
6. (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.
7. (zo?l.) the clitellus of an earthworm.
8. (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.saddle bar (arch.), one the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured. gloss.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 (zo?l.), any thin plicated bivalve shell of the genera placuna and anomia; -- so called from its shape. called also saddle oyster.saddle \sad"dle\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. saddled ; p. pr. & vb. n. saddling .] [as. sadelian.].
9. to put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding. "saddle my horse." abraham rose up early, and saddled his ass. xxii.
10. 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.saddle \sad"dle\ , n.
11. (phys. geog.) a ridge connected two higher elevations; a low point in the crest line of a ridge; a col.
12. (mining) a formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, esp. in australia.saddle n.
13. a seat for the rider of a horse.
14. a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) [syn: saddleback].
15. cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins.
16. a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe.
17. a seat for the rider of a bicycle [syn: bicycle seat].
18. posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl v 1: put a saddle on; "saddle the horses" [ant: unsaddle] 2: load or burden; encumber; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility" 3: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "he charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn: charge, burden].
19. 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.
20. A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth.
21. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.
22. 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.
23. A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.
24. A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
25. The clitellus of an earthworm.
26. 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.
27. To put a saddle upon; to equip for riding.
28. 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.
29. A ridge connected two higher elevations; a low point in the crest line of a ridge; a col.
30. A formation of gold- bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, esp. in Australia. posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl a seat for the rider of a horse a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe cut of meat consisting of part of the backbone and both loins load or burden; encumber; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility" put a saddle on; "saddle the horses".
31. 1. A saddle is a leather seat that you put on the back of an animal so that you can ride the animal. see also:
side-saddle.
32. If you saddle a horse, you put a saddle on it so that you can ride it. Why don't we saddle a couple of horses and go for a ride? Saddle up means the same as saddle. I want to be gone from here as soon as we can saddle up She saddled up a horse.
33. A saddle is a seat on a bicycle or motorcycle.
34. If you saddle someone with a problem or with a responsibility, you put them in a position where they have to deal with it. The war devastated the economy and saddled the country with a huge foreign debt. to put a saddle on a horse saddle up to put a saddle on a horse saddle sth⇔up. Seat for a rider on the back of an animal, usually a horse. The leather saddle was developed between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, probably by peoples of the Asian steppes, where the stirrup and the horse collar also originated. The saddle greatly improved a rider's ability to control a moving horse, especially in combat. Improvements made in medieval Europe were related to feudal battles among knights. Modern saddles are mainly divided into two types: the light, flat English or Hungarian style used for sport and recreation, and the sturdy Western style used originally for cattle roping and now also for recreation.
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