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ˈoffˌsaddle, off-saddle, v. Chiefly S. Africa.
[f. off- 1 + saddle v., after Du. afzadelen.]
trans. To take the saddle off (a horse) for a rest, feeding, etc.; to unsaddle; also absol.; transf. to make a break in a journey.
1837F. Owen Diary (1926) 78 We off-saddled and sat on the ground on the outside of the fence. 1850R. G. Cumming Five Yrs. Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. 119 Accordingly we off-saddled, and in a few minutes I was once more asleep. Ibid. 129 Having off-saddled our horses, we knee⁓haltered them. 1863W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting 389, I offsaddled Kebon, kneehaltered him and then lay under the shade of a tree. 1879A. Forbes in Daily News 21 Aug., I mean to trek for home, perhaps I shall outspan for a few days at Capetown; perhaps I shan't off-saddle at all. 1887Rider Haggard Jess 323 John was sharply ordered to dismount and offsaddle his horse. 1893F. C. Selous Trav. S.E. Africa 21 Here..I had determined to off-saddle for the first time. 1915Kipling New Army 22 The batteries off-saddled in silence. 1939[see knee-halter v.]. 1974B. Mather White Dacoit ii. 22 They halted and off-saddled and picqueted the horses half a mile downstream.
Hence off-saddling vbl. n.
1906Rider Haggard Benita ix. 120 Directions as to their herding, and the off-saddling of the horses. |