sidesaddle
a saddle for women on which the rider sits, facing forward, usually with both feet on the left side of the horse.
seated on a sidesaddle: The girl hunted sidesaddle.
Origin of sidesaddle
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How to use sidesaddle in a sentence
Hitched to a post, near the hotel, were two gaunt horses with drooping heads, and on one of them was a side-saddle.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | John Fox, Jr.She had no side-saddle, and it was very apparent that a firm seat upon the smooth leather beneath her was unattainable sideways.
Far from the Madding Crowd | Thomas HardyIf I cannot do it any other way, I must take to a side saddle.
Under Wellington's Command | G. A. HentyAnd having borrowed a side-saddle, she rode home, apparently quite contented.
Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth BoyesenAnd I much prefer your riding in the old-fashioned way with a side saddle.
The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires | Laura Dent Crane
British Dictionary definitions for side-saddle
a riding saddle originally designed for women riders in skirts who sit with both legs on the near side of the horse
on or as if on a side-saddle: to be riding side-saddle
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