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l noun
1.
a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
2.
a similar seat on a bicycle, tractor, etc.
3.
4.
something resembling a saddle in shape, position, or function.
5.
the part of the back of an animal where a saddle is placed.
6.
a.
(of mutton, venison, lamb, etc.) a cut comprising both loins.
b.
this cut, trimmed and prepared for roasting.
7.
(of poultry) the posterior part of the back.
8.
a ridge connecting two higher elevations.
9.
the covering of a roof ridge.
10.
bolster ( def 7 ).
11.
a raised piece of flooring between the jambs of a doorway.
12.
an inverted bracket bearing on the axle of a railroad car wheel as a support for the car body.
13.
Ordnance. the support for the trunnion on some gun carriages.
14.
Machinery. a sliding part for spanning a space or other parts to support something else, as the cross slide and toolholder of a lathe.
15.
a strip of leather, often of a contrasting color, sewn on the vamp or instep of a shoe and extending to each side of the shank.
16.
17.
Ceramics. a bar of refractory clay, triangular in section, for supporting one side of an object being fired.
18.
(in a suspension bridge) a member at the top of a tower for supporting a cable.
verb (used with object)
19.
to put a saddle on: to saddle a horse.
20.
to load or charge, as with a burden: He has saddled himself with a houseful of impecunious relatives.
21.
to impose as a burden or responsibility.
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verb (used without object)
Idioms 22.
to put a saddle on a horse (often followed by up ).
23.
to mount into the saddle (often followed by up ).
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English sadel, Old English sadol; cognate with German Sattel, Old Norse sǫthull; (v.) Middle English sad(e)len, Old English sadolian, derivative of the noun; akin to sit1
before 900; (noun) Middle English sadel, Old English sadol; cognate with German Sattel, Old Norse sǫthull; (v.) Middle English sad(e)len, Old English sadolian, derivative of the noun; akin to sit1
Related forms
sad·dle·less, adjective
sad·dle·like, adjective
re·sad·dle, verb, re·sad·dled, re·sad·dling.
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saddle (ˈsædəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a seat for a rider, usually made of leather, placed on a horse's back and secured with a girth under the belly |
| 2. | a similar seat on a bicycle, tractor, etc, made of leather or steel |
| 3. | a back pad forming part of the harness of a packhorse |
| 4. | anything that resembles a saddle in shape, position, or function |
| 5. | a cut of meat, esp mutton, consisting of part of the backbone and both loins |
| 6. | the part of a horse or similar animal on which a saddle is placed |
| 7. | the part of the back of a domestic chicken that is nearest to the tail |
| 8. | civil engineering a block on top of one of the towers of a suspension bridge that acts as a bearing surface over which the cables or chains pass |
| 9. | engineering the carriage that slides on the bed of a lathe and supports the slide rest, tool post, or turret |
| 10. | the nontechnical name for clitellum |
| 11. | another name for col |
| 12. | a raised piece of wood or metal for covering a doorsill |
| 13. | in the saddle in a position of control |
| —vb | |
| 14. | ( |
| 15. | (intr) to mount into the saddle |
| 16. | (tr) to burden; charge: I didn't ask to be saddled with this job |
| [Old English sadol, sædel; related to Old Norse sothull, Old High German satul] | |
| 'saddleless | |
| —adj | |
| 'saddle-like | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
saddle
O.E. sadol "seat for a rider," from P.Gmc. *sathulaz (cf. O.N. söðull, O.Fris. sadel, Du. zadel, zaal, Ger. Sattel), from PIE *sed- "to sit" (cf. L. sedere "to sit," O.C.S. sedlo "saddle;" see sedentary). Fig. phrase in the saddle "in an active position of management"
is attested from 1660. The verb is from O.E. sadolian; the meaning "to load with a burden" is first recorded 1693. Saddleback is from 1545. Saddlebag is from 1774.
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Medical Dictionary
saddle sad·dle (sād'l)
n.
A structure shaped like a saddle.
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