Saddle
Saddle , noun
[Old English sadel, Anglo-Saxon sadol; akin to Dutch zadel, German sattel, Old High German satal, satul, Icelandic soeull, Danish & Swedish sadel; compare Russ. siedlo; all perh. ultimately from the root of English sit.]
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.
(Nautical) A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.
5.
(Machinery) 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.
(Zoology) The clitellus of an earthworm.
7.
(Architecture) 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.
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(Physics Geography) 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.
Collocations (7)
Saddle bar (Architecture) , one the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured. — Oxf. Gloss
Saddle gall (Farriery) , 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 (Architecture) , 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 (Zoology) , any thin plicated bivalve shell of the genera Placuna and Anomia; -- so called from its shape. Called also saddle oyster.
Saddle , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon sadelian.]
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.