sidesaddle

[ sahyd-sad-l ]

noun
  1. a saddle for women on which the rider sits, facing forward, usually with both feet on the left side of the horse.

adverb
  1. seated on a sidesaddle: The girl hunted sidesaddle.

Origin of sidesaddle

1
1485–95; earlier syd saddyl.See side1, saddle

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British Dictionary definitions for side-saddle

side-saddle

noun
  1. a riding saddle originally designed for women riders in skirts who sit with both legs on the near side of the horse

adverb
  1. on or as if on a side-saddle: to be riding side-saddle

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