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单词 saddle
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saddlen.1adj.

Brit. /ˈsadl/, U.S. /ˈsæd(ə)l/
Forms: Old English sadal (Northumbrian), Old English sadol, Old English–Middle English sadul, Old English–1500s sadel, late Old English sædel, Middle English saddill, Middle English saddul, Middle English sadill, Middle English sadille, Middle English sadulle, Middle English sadyl, Middle English sadyle, Middle English satel, Middle English–1500s saddyll, Middle English–1500s sadell, Middle English–1500s sadelle, Middle English–1500s sadil, Middle English–1500s sadyll, Middle English–1500s sadylle, Middle English–1600s saddell, Middle English–1800s sadle, late Middle English saddull (in a late copy), late Middle English– saddle, 1500s saddyl, 1500s–1600s saddel, 1600s cadell, 1600s sadole, 1800s– zaddle (English regional (Isle of Wight)); Scottish pre-1700 saddall, pre-1700 saddel, pre-1700 saddell, pre-1700 saddil, pre-1700 saddill, pre-1700 sadel, pre-1700 sadell, pre-1700 sadil, pre-1700 sadile, pre-1700 sadill, pre-1700 sadille, pre-1700 sadle, pre-1700 sadyl, pre-1700 sadyll, pre-1700 saiddel, pre-1700 saidel, pre-1700 saidell, pre-1700 saidill, pre-1700 seadill, pre-1700 seddill, pre-1700 sedell, pre-1700 sedil, pre-1700 sedill, pre-1700 sedle, pre-1700 sidle, pre-1700 1700s– saddle, pre-1700 1700s– saidle, pre-1700 1800s saydle, pre-1700 1800s– saiddle, 1900s– seddle.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch sādel (Dutch zadel ), Middle Low German sādel , Old High German satul , satil (Middle High German satel , German Sattel ), Old Icelandic sǫðull , Old Swedish saþul (Swedish sadel ), Old Danish sathæl (Danish sadel ), further etymology uncertain; a direct connection with the Germanic base of sit v. presents formal difficulties. Perhaps a borrowing (especially since saddles were probably not used by the Germanic peoples at an early date, according to the reports of Roman writers such as Caesar and Tacitus); perhaps compare Old Russian sed′lo (Russian sedlo) and Polish siodło, or classical Latin sella ( < *sedlā), all in sense ‘saddle’, but these would also not account for the stem vowel in Germanic.Attested early in place names (in sense 5), as Sadelescumbe (late 11th cent.; now Saddlescombe, Sussex), Sadelwrth (late 12th cent.; now Saddleworth, West Riding, Yorkshire), etc.
I. A seat for riding and related senses.
1.
a. A seat for a rider, typically made of leather, which is raised at the front and rear, and which may be secured to the back of a horse or other animal by means of a girth passing under the body; (also) a support for packs to be similarly fastened on the back of a horse or other animal (cf. packsaddle n. 1). Also figurative. to lose one's saddle: to fall or be thrown from the saddle.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle
saddleOE
arsonc1330
sellc1425
girth1706
saddlery1711
suggan1722
straddle1825
pigskin1839
OE Beowulf 1038 Eahta mearas..þara anum stod sadol searwum fah, since gewurþad; þæt wæs hildesetl heahcyninges.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 3227 Æt his sadele an æx.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3949 Vp-on hise asse his sadel he dede.
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 3871 (MED) Mani in sadles held hem stille, And mani also of hors felle.
c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1199 Upon a thikke palfrey, paper-whit, With sadel red..Sit Dido.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) vi. 83 Lyke as by the sadyl a knyght is sure vpon his hors.
a1500 Walter of Henley's Husbandry (Sloane) (1890) 49 When ye dylyuer your carteris hors shone, sadelis, colouris, or oþer harnes, loke þat þey delyuer you all þat is brokyn or apayred or elis acompte it on þer wagis.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxiiiiv Nauylgall is a sorance hurt with a saddell or with the buckle..in the myddes of the backe.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 42 Nothing awes a great River so much as a bridge;..a bridge is the saddle to ride the Sea-horse.
1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes iii. 182 [They] let fly..with such a force, that they had almost lost their saddles.
1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 67 Contrive that the Saddle may pinch the Beast in his Withers.
1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 17 A long back'd horse, who throws his saddle well forward.
1867 C. H. Pearson Hist. Eng. I. 409 The king was bruised by the pommel of his saddle; fever supervened, and the injury proved fatal.
1892 W. H. Hutchison Hints on Colt-breaking 49 I..without any lunging or preparation, put the saddle and bridle on him.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 13 Aug. 8/2 If..there had been a saddle thrown upon the pony, it was ungirthed.
2005 Horse June 15/1 His saddle was too small and was pulled too far forward, and had resulted in a lump where the cantle was pushing down.
b. With distinguishing word designating a saddle of a specified kind. great saddle n. a saddle for the ‘great horse’ (see horse n. 22).cart, hunting, mail, pad, portmanteau, running, war saddle, etc.: see the first element. See also loadsaddle n., packsaddle n., side-saddle n.
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OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 76 Sagma, seamsadol.
1327 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 53 (MED) Somersadil.
1494 Loutfut MS f. 43v Arm ȝow and leip on in hie sadillis or vtheris gif it sa be ordanit.
1508 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 119 Item, for v French sadilles to giff away; ilk sadill xxviij s.
1581 Will of Wylteshire (Somerset Ho.) Scottissh sadell.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scrignuto naso, a camoset, a flat-nose, a nose like a scotch-saddle.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 50 Next vnto this saddle is the Morocco saddle.., and these two Saddles for seruice in the warres, are..sufficient.
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 134 Particular Scholes of..the riding of the Greate horse..some..keeping neere an hundred brave horse, all of them manag'd to the greate saddle.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 314 Saddles..high and close, like our great Saddle.
a1683 P. Warwick Mem. Reign Charles I (1701) 66 He rid the great horse very well; and on the little saddle he was..a laborious hunter, or field-man.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Bardelle..denotes a saddle made in form of a great saddle, but only of cloth stuffed with straw, and tied tight down with packthread, without either leather, wood or iron.
1796 J. Hunter Compl. Dict. Farriery & Horsemanship (at cited word) There are several saddles in use, as..the Burford saddle, with the seat and skirts both plain.
1839 C. A. Murray Trav. N. Amer. I. 380 Seated in a Mexican peak-saddle..he seemed a part of the animal which he bestrode.
1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 160 His left leg was heavily chained to a Kajáwah, or camel-saddle.
1881 G. W. Romspert Western Echo 173 The average cow-boy saddle weighs forty pounds.
1927 C. M. Russell Trails plowed Under 166 I've seen bronc riders use an old macheer saddle with a Texas tree.
1971 A. McCaffrey Ring of Fear vi, in Three Women (1990) 120 I want to..get you some proper boots, a couple of pair of breeks, and a jumping saddle.
1998 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 8 Feb. 52/4 [She] had been taken for a ride over the sale of her $750..roping saddle.
c. A tan colour characteristic of saddles or of saddle leather. Also as adj. Cf. saddle brown n. and adj. at Compounds 4.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > yellowish brown > tan
tan-colour1811
leather1872
suede1873
tan1888
saddle brown1907
saddle1947
1947 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 21 Dec. 6 Distinctive luggage gifts... Light weight..available in saddle, black and brown cowhide.
1961 Valley News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 20 July 19 a Give your bedroom a lift... Dramatic quilted spread... in saddle, apricot, rose, acqua, champagne, gold, white.
1977 West Briton 25 Aug. 31/5 (advt.) Lancia Fulvia 3 Coupe, finished in maroon with saddle interior.
2006 Resid. Design & Build (Nexis) 1 May s22 Trex Seclusions composite fencing... is available in four colors: saddle, winchester gray, madeira and woodland brown.
2. Chiefly with the. The activity or occupation of riding. Frequently in for the saddle: for riding purposes.See also Compounds 1b.
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1469 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 97 To have viii coursers for his saddle & to them iiii keepers with theyre hakneyes.
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 8 That colte whyche at the fyrste takynge vp, nedeth lytle breakyng and handlyng, but is fitte and gentle ynoughe for the saddle, seeldome or neuer proueth well.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 99 Another kind of their camels..are called Ragnahil, which are..vnfit for burthen, and therefore are vsed for the saddle, by all the Noble men of Numidia, Arabia, and Libia.
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 56 The 16,000 Families have for the Coach and Saddle near 40 M. Horses.
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. i. 17 Could we prevale on our countrymen to consider this animal [sc. the mule]..they might with success form it for the saddle, the draught, or the burden.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. ii. vii. 285 Are thy friends ripe for the saddle?
1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 113 Taking a couple of horses, one for the saddle, and the other as a pack-horse.
1859 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs (new ed.) 109 Buckskin's the only wear fit for the saddle.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 152 Sir King, mine ancient wound is hardly whole, And lets me from the saddle.
1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy iii. 29 Before the trip ended there were men in our outfit who were as good as afoot, while others had their original mounts, every one fit for the saddle.
1925 E. A. Powell Beyond Utmost Purple Rim ix. 219 It is easy to understand why the Aborigines prefer [mules] to horses for saddle purposes, as they have a wonderfully smooth gait.
1994 Times 25 Feb. 21/8 He finally retired from the saddle in 1956.
3. A padded cushion forming part of the harness for a cart or other vehicle; = pad n.2 2b.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > cart-saddle
saddle1537
cart-saddle1692
housing1795
pad1795
1537–8 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. 205 Towis, sadillis and all necessaris to the furnyssing of the cartis.
a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words (BL Lansdowne MS 1033) f. 323 A Rig-rope, the rope that is fastned to the rods of a cart or waggon and goes over the saddle of the Fillar horse.
1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 153 The Housin or Pad, a small saddle cut in different shapes, but mostly of a long square.
1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) I. 430 The shaft-horse requires bridle, collar, haims, saddle, and breeching, to be fully equipped... The saddle—as saddle and breeching together are commonly called—is placed on the horse's back immediately behind the shoulder.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports iii. iii. iv. 543/1 The supporting and backing part [of gig harness] consists of the Pad or Saddle... This has two rings for the reins, called the Terrets, and a Hook for the bearing rein.
1973 J. Seymour & S. Seymour Self-sufficiency iii. 35 When the horse is in shafts the ridge pad (like a saddle) supports the ridge chain which holds the shafts up.
2003 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 12 Feb. 21 Mr Lown..was brought up with pit ponies... ‘We learned how to..fasten shafts to the saddle and chains and collar chains to the tracer straps.’
4. A fixed seat for the rider of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > parts and equipment of cycles > other parts of cycles
saddle1819
saddle pin1836
rest1855
pillion1878
Arab spring1880
carrier1885
coaster1895
bicycle basket1896
pacemaker1896
steering lock1897
headset1898
flapper-seat1916
stand1918
kick-stand1947
sissy bar1959
stabilizers1960
1819 Belles-lettres Repository May 31/2 The Velocipede, or Swift-walker... consists of two wheels, one behind the other, connected by a perch, on which a saddle is placed for the seat of the traveller... The saddle may be raised or lowered..at pleasure, and thus suited to the height of various persons.
1869 Times 5 June 1/5 Velocipedes.—The best bicycle yet introduced. Wrought ironwork, with brass bearings, best tempered steel springs, leather saddle, [etc.].
1887 Viscount Bury & G. L. Hillier Cycling (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xiii. 340 A suitable saddle is a necessity for the comfort of the cyclist.
1916 Motor Cyclists' A.B.C. 107 A kick starter is fitted to a machine for the purpose of allowing the engine to be started whilst the rider is in the saddle.
1923 H. L. Wilson Oh, Doctor! xxiv. 333 [He] threw a confident leg across the saddle and worshipfully grasped the spreading handle bars.
2003 S. Mawer Fall (2004) x. 146 He wiped the saddle of the bike and climbed astride it... ‘Hop on.’
II. Extended uses.
5.
a. A saddle-shaped depression between two hills or summits which is concave in profile, but appears as a convex ridge when viewed from above; (also) a similar formation of ice or snow. Cf. col n.1 1.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > on or among hills
saddleOE
swirec1050
pocket1745
lap1747
rock basin1754
niche1756
sliddera1793
corrie1795
cove1805
slot1808
bay1853
punchbowl1855
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > connecting
saddling1697
saddle1779
hause1781
nek1834
col1853
OE Bounds (Sawyer 786) in J. Earle Hand-bk. Land-charters (1888) 449 Ðonon on clæg weg be ciric stede þæt swa bi sadol hongran on fearn beorh.
lOE Bounds (Sawyer 811) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1893) III. 655 Of sædeles steorte innan dosaburnan.
1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 350v A lowe longe lande and a longe poynt with a saddle throwgh the myddeste of it.
1613 T. Best Jrnl. 3 Aug. in Voy. to E. Indies (1934) 62 In sight of Priaman..it showinge with 2 greate hie hills, makeinge a faire swampe or saddle betweene them both.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ix. 267 A very high Hill..with a Saddle or bending on the top.
1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 159 [We] discerned other land, bearing from N.W. to W.N.W. forming in saddles and hummocs.
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. viii. 372 There was a long narrow saddle, or ridge of limestone, about five hundred feet high.
1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xl. 484 The Palatine is connected with the Esquiline by the low ridge or saddle of the Velia.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 108 The..glacier..being terminated by a saddle which stretches across from mountain to mountain.
1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe iii. 129 We stepped at last on to the little saddle of snow.
1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros xii. 177 They roped at the foot of the glacier that came down from the saddle, some five thousand feet above them.
1940 E. Fergusson Our Southwest xix. 354 A potrero is a narrow ridge between canyons, and a saddle is a sag between peaks.
1954 J. Corbett Temple Tiger 197 Give him my salams and ask him to take you to the ling or saddle from which there is an extensive view into two valleys.
2006 Wanderlust Mar. 97/1 Reaching the top of a saddle, we gazed on the derelict buildings of Stromness.
b. Geology. Originally: an anticlinal fold in a stratum. In later use: spec. a depression along the axis of an anticline, concave in longitudinal section and convex in transverse section.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > fold or dip > [noun] > anticline > depression on axis
saddle1798
mountain saddle1849
1798 R. Townson Philos. Mineral. ix. 66 When a Stratum is bent or broken, and forms a Ridge, it is called a Saddle.
1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. 134 The carboniferous strata are thrown into partial saddles and curvatures.
1876 A. H. Green Geol. for Students: Physical Geol. ix. §3. 347 When the beds have been bent into the form of arches these are called Anticlinals or Saddles.
1886 T. M. Reade Origin of Mountain Ranges xvi. 187 (caption) Saddle in lower Silurian rocks between Clarach Bay and Aberystwyth, formed by the junction of anticlinal and synclinal curves.
1928 E. R. Lilley Geol. Petroleum & Nat. Gas xii. 293 Where the amount of oil and gas is sufficient only to fill the distinctly domed portions of the fold, the saddle is normally water-bearing.
1977 Offshore Engineer May 52/1 The structure is a tilted fault block with hydrocarbons trapped on the upthrown side of a normal fault in two culminations separated by a saddle.
2002 Jrnl. Geol. Soc. India 60 271 The Kailastila is an asymmetric anticline with NNE axial trend... A saddle has been interpreted at about 4 km in N-NE direction from the crest.
c. Mining. A saddle reef (saddle reef n. at Compounds 4); spec. one that is anticlinal rather than synclinal.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > vein > curving
saddle1860
saddle reef1860
saddle vein1935
1860 Geologist 3 358 The term metalliferous saddle, or rather simply ‘saddle’, as used by the Derbyshire miner, is a very expressive one.
1872 1st Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1871–2 630 The miners were quarreling about false and true veins, horses of rock and saddles of ore.
1908 J. M. Maclaren Gold ii. 368 In working the saddles, prospecting for lower saddles is effected by sinking shafts designed to strike a ‘leg’ of an underlying saddle, from whence stopes are carried up to the crest of the anticline.
1937 W. H. Emmons Gold Deposits of World vii. 528 As many as 24 quartz saddles in an anticline have been passed through from the surface to a depth of 2,200 feet.
1998 J. H. Rieuwerts Gloss. Derbyshire Lead Mining Terms 131/1 Similar deposits lying in troughs or inverted saddles were not so rich in ore content.
6. Technical senses.
a. Nautical. A block of wood, hollowed out above and below, and fixed between two spars so that one may rest on and connect with the other.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > fitting on spar to take end of another spar
saddle1512
1512–13 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 463 Item..for viij greit treis to mak the sadillis to the greit schip and Margret..xlviij s.
?1597 Acct. Bk. W. Morton f. 22 For the tereye to be sadellis.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Saddle, a small cleat or wooden block,..nailed on the lower yard-arms, to retain the studding-sail-booms in a firm and steddy position.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 32 The saddle for the jib-boom is one-sixth the given diameter in thickness, and one-half in length, and fayed upon the bowsprit.
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 178 To get the heel of the boom..down in the saddle.
1946 H. A. Underhill Masting & Rigging Clipper Ship ii. 46 The goose-neck of the spanker boom... is carried on two saddles riveted to the mast.
2005 I. Dear & P. Kemp Oxf. Compan. Ships & Sea (ed. 2) at Saddle The bowsprit of a sailing vessel has a saddle attached to it to support the heel of the jib-boom.
b. gen. Any of various pieces of machinery or apparatus which resemble a saddle in form or function.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > boiler > [noun] > parts of > other parts
saddle1688
float1753
fire door1765
mudhole1824
stay-bolt1839
water table1856
hydrostat1858
mud drum1864
vomit1880
hydrokineter1883
retarder1890
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. viii. 355/2 The third..is termed a Ioyners Saddle It is an end of a Spar or Joyce cut into the side with an Indent or Beviled on each side, so that any square piece will lye steady in it with one of its edges up.
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. R4v Than came the Iron Saddle, which was put upon the Turntree, after the manner of a large broad Hoop, and the Edges thereof turn'd up, so much that the Rope could not get out of it.
1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor Saddles are used by the Smiths to turn Thimbles hollow on.
1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 725/2 Saddle, (Fife), that part of stall between manger and grip.
1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 61/2 [Varnish making.] A saddle, which is a sheet of plate-iron, or tin, 12 in. broad, and turned up 1¼ in. at each side..to prevent the spilling of the varnish during the time of taking..out.
1875 T. Seaton Man. Fret Cutting 76 There are two very efficient aids to the saw... The first is the bench saddle... It is a piece of wood with reverse shoulders; the under shoulder hooks against the side of the bench,..the upper shoulder catches any piece of wood laid against it for sawing.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2011/1 Saddle,..4. (Railway.) a. The bearing or brass resting on the journal of a car-axle in the axle-box. b. A chair or seat for a railway-rail.
1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted 250 Saddles, the steel bars in a gill box on which the fallers travel.
1887 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Saddle, a term used in Suffolk for a thin piece of wood fixed on the floor between the jambs of a door and under it.
1899 Daily News 9 Mar. 5/3 The saddles that held the six thirty-ton boilers in place broke.
2001 4 × 4 Dec. 96/3 He made new axle saddles from a two-inch box section, machined two prop spacers and fabricated a steering drop arm and rear suspension mounting bar.
2006 Spin-off Spring 26/3 These Canadian wheels are best known for their cast-iron treadles, tensioner saddles, and iron footment.
c. A block on the top of the pier of a suspension bridge which carries the cables or chains; (also) a frame which bears the weight of the main beams in some pontoon bridges.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > that which is built or constructed > [noun] > bridges > part of
pile1440
saddle1831
Pratt1868
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > framework > for a bridge
chevalet1810
saddle1831
1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 108 On the extreme height of the suspension piers are placed the cast iron blocks or saddles.
1853 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 3) ii. 30 The Saddle [of a pontoon bridge] is a frame of fir timber, which is placed centrally over the axis of a pontoon..and serves to receive the ends of the balks.
1868 Daily Tel. 14 Apr. A fresh pontoon was brought alongside, fresh saddles were lashed to it, another length of balks..was dropped into the saddle.
1940 in W. H. Brooks Strength & Elasticity of Materials (1950) 145 The ends of the cables are attached to saddles on rollers at the top of the piers.
1986 APT Bull. 18 63 The saddles [of a bridge] had become favorite nesting spots for birds... To stop the nesting, timber umbrellas are being restored above the saddles.
d. A saddle-shaped electrical conductor; spec. †a concave pad for applying to a limb that is to be electrically stimulated (obsolete). Now rare.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > [noun] > conductor
conductor1745
collector1777
saddle1839
lead1881
neutral1890
N1937
1839 M. Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 129 4 A plate of copper..was bent into a saddle shape,..a jacket of sheet caoutchouc was put over the saddle.
1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 492 If, then, we wish to administer direct shocks to a paralytic limb, say the leg, we apply a sponge director or saddle..to the hip.
1891 Philos. Trans. 1890 (Royal Soc.) A. 181 557 After..the saddle has been attached [to the electrometer], we see first that the sensibility factor varies rapidly with the potential of the needle.
1904 Electr. World & Engineer 1 Oct. 583/2 The wavelength of the oscillator's vibration can..be measured by isolating a complete wave on the helix by means of a sliding earthed saddle using a neon tube as indicator.
†e. A support in which a gun is laid to hold it steady when drilling the vent or bouching. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > base for gun
flask1578
bed1598
bed-bolster1769
mortar-bed1769
sweep1837
swing-bed1842
saddle1848
stool-bed1859
mount1888
1848 G. F. Duckett Technol. Mil. Dict. 385/1 Saddle on which the gun is placed in bouching.
1862 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 9) 190 Saddle [for Armstrong gun], with Tightening Screws.
a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. III. 2011/1 Saddle,..3. A support on which a gun is placed for bouching.
f. In various machine tools: the base of a slide rest, drilling head, etc., which slides along its support.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > [noun] > guides
guide1680
guideline1785
guider1825
ways1835
saddle1866
interpolator1953
1866 Engineering 16 Mar. 163/2 The length of the saddle bearing on the bed is 8ft.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 264/2 The lower part of the slide-rest is termed the ‘saddle’.
1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Saddle, the base of a slide rest... Similarly, the sliding plate which carries the drill spindle and gear wheels of a radial drill.
1905 T. R. Shaw Machine Tools vii. 478 Universal plano-milling machines are now constructed of any size with either one or two saddles carrying spindles on the cross-slide.
1983 Buck & Hickman Catal. 1983–5 488 Lathe... Basic equipment... saddle and cross slide with single tool holder, lathe dog with safety driving plate, [etc.].
2001 Model Engineer 186 136/1 The saddle feed is used to drill the hole, commencing with a small drill to act as a lead for the big drill.
†g. Telegraphy. A bracket to support a telegraph wire on a pole or roof ridge. Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > projecting bracket > on a pole or pillar
saddle bracket1844
pillar bracket1854
saddle1867
pole-bracket1876
1867 R. S. Culley Handbk. Pract. Telegr. (ed. 2) 122 The saddle or bracket must be fixed with screws.
1884 Law Times Rep. 51 161/2 The attachments to buildings were made..by means of standards or ridge saddles attached to the roofs.
1885 R. S. Culley Handbk. Pract. Telegr. (ed. 8) 148 At the top of the pole a galvanised iron roof is fixed, and over it a cast-iron saddle, into which the insulator bolt fits.
h. An insulating device for fitting around an electrical cable or conduit to hold it in place; a similar device for securing pipework.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun] > insulation for wires > also stabilizing
saddle1888
1888 D. Salomons Managem. Accumulators (ed. 3) ii. ii. 107 Leather saddles answer well to keep the wires in place.
1909 W. S. Ibbetson Electr. Wiring x. 183 The conduit may be fixed to walls by means of saddles, crampets, or clips.
1930 F. C. Raphael Electr. Wiring of Buildings vi. 91 Multiple saddles are used if two or more lengths of conduit run together.
1969 H. A. Miller Pract. Wiring I. v. 34 It is good practice to secure single runs by clips and multiple runs by saddles.
1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) viii. 366/2 Plastic pipework should be supported with clips or saddles similar to those used for metal pipe, but because it is more flexible you will have to space the clips closer together.
i. Music. (a) The small plate or block of ebony (or similar material) at the base of a violin, viola, etc., on which the gut securing the tailpiece rests; (b) a plate or bar of resonant material on the bridge of a guitar, on which one or more strings rest.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > parts generally > saddle
saddle1899
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > guitar > parts of
saddle1899
headstock1965
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > violin > other parts of
neck1611
tailpiece1786
soul1830
scroll1836
belly1843
sound-bar1884
tail-pin1884
saddle1899
1899 W. Hepworth Information for Players, Owners, Dealers & Makers Bow-instruments Table of Contents The saddle... The violin-holder.
1964 S. Marcuse Musical Instruments 573/1 A low saddle assists the tailpiece in keeping clear of the belly.
1986 Making Music Apr. 29/2 If the note is sharper than the harmonic move the bridge saddle back... If the note is flat move the saddle forwards.
1990 Early Music 18 592/2 This particular instrument [sc. a violin]..retains its original scroll, neck, fingerboard, saddle, button and tailpiece.
2002 Onstage (Nexis) Feb. 2 Fender-style guitars..will need to have the..neutral point for the vibrato set before adjusting the individual heights of the saddles.
j. A fireclay bar for supporting ceramic ware in a kiln.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > pottery manufacturing equipment > [noun] > for supporting during glazing
saddle1901
1901 W. P. Rix tr. E. Bourry Treat. Ceramic Industries xi. 655 The pieces, especially plates, can be placed upright in rectangular saggers, kept up at the bottom by triangular saddles and at the top by a series of thimbles.
1964 H. Hodges Artifacts i. 39 These setters vary considerably in shape, and their names are usually adequately descriptive—saddle, stilt, spur, thimble, pin.
1996 Y. H. Cuff Ceramic Technol. Potters & Sculptors v. 75 Kiln furniture consists of shelves;..stilts, saddles, and bits for various supporting uses.
k. Dentistry. The basal part of a denture, which replaces alveolar tissue and bears the artificial teeth.
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the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > denture > plate
plate1845
suction-plate1875
mouth plate1876
saddle1907
1907 H. J. Goslee Princ. & Pract. Crown & Bridgework xxiv. 443 The saddle should now be swaged of 30 to 32 gauge platinum, trimmed to the proper outline, fitted in the mouth with the caps in place, and then soldered thereto with platinum solder.
1930 I. G. Nichols Prosthetic Dentistry xli. 638 The various materials employed in rebasing saddles are: modeling compound, plaster, and wax.
1962 G. C. Blake & J. R. Trott Periodontol. iv. 39 The free end saddle, which cannot be supported by occlusal rests, always presents a problem.
1999 Dental Pract. 15 Jan. 23/2 (advt.) Dental Implant Referrals Welcome... Single Tooth. Free End Saddle. Full Mouth.
7. A joint of meat consisting of the two loins and conjoining vertebrae.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > back
chinec1400
chine-beef1675
saddle1732
hump1805
1732 C. Carter Compleat City & Country Cook 43 (heading) A saddle of mutton and kidneys.
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 338 A saddle of mutton, or more properly a chine.
1806 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) 75 Hams and saddles of venison.
1859 All Year Round 12 Nov. 57 Nowhere can the equal of a Sussex haunch or saddle be obtained.
1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life p. ix They took merely the skins and ‘saddle’ of the antelope they killed.
1966 Punch 14 Sept. 385/1 To provide the dishes that one's forbears ate—roast saddle of hare,..or stargazy pie, or syllabub—would be to proclaim oneself madly affected.
1980 P. O'Brian Surgeon's Mate x. 317 And now their dinner was spread..two pairs of fowls, a saddle of mutton, half a dozen side-dishes.
2006 Olive Oct. 79/3 Venison cutlets are chops cut from the saddle, with the bone attached.
8. Applied to parts of animals.
a. Originally: a saddle-like marking on the back of the adult harp seal, Pagophilus (or Phoca) groenlandicus. Later also: a similar marking on the backs of some other animals. More fully saddle marking, saddle patch. Cf. saddle mark n. 2.In quot. 1888: the harp seal itself (see saddleback n. 6).
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > marking on back
saddle1766
spine1791
saddle mark1892
1766 J. Banks in A. M. Lysaght J. Banks in Newfoundland & Labrador (1971) 145 The Heart or Possibly Harp Seal is markd over the Shoulders with a brown figure rudely resembling a harp which they Call the Saddle.
1784 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. I. i. 165 The Newfoundland Seal-hunters call it the Harp, or Heart Seal, and name the marks on the sides the saddle.
1873 M. Carroll Seal & Herring Fisheries Newfoundland iii. 15 The harp seals have the black stripes, which is called the ‘saddle’.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 527/1 The majority of the vessels, after prosecuting the ‘saddle’ sealing at Newfoundland or Greenland, proceed direct to Disco.
1969 E. H. Hart Encycl. Dog Breeds 257 The Plott Hound differs from all other hounds in colouring for he is a brindle dog with a black saddle.
2002 J. Cunliffe Encycl. Dog Breeds (new ed.) 22/2 Both saddle markings and blankets are areas of usually dark or black coat over the region of the back, but blankets are marking that extend further down the flank of the dog than do saddles.
2004 Smithsonian Nov. 65/1 Scientists identify killer whales by the individual shape of a splash of gray behind their dorsal fin, called a saddle patch, and the fin itself.
b. Palaeontology. In the shell of a fossil cephalopod, esp. an ammonite: a portion of a suture that is convex towards the aperture.
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1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 78 The shell..is an extremely elongated cone,..divided into cells or chambers, by a series of partitions (septa)... When they are folded, the elevations are called saddles.
1894 Geol. Mag. Oct. 436 Shell (cast) discoidal, with somewhat inflated whorls;..outer saddle only partly known.
1946 H. Woods Palæontol. Invertebr. (ed. 8) 313 The portions of the suture-line which are convex towards the mouth of the shell are termed saddles.., while the intervening concave portions are known as the lobes.
1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) viii. 235/2 The Mesozoic ammonites all have finely subdivided and complex lobes and saddles, though there are some Permian ammonoids with sutures also of this kind.
c. The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, esp. a cock. Cf. saddle hackle n. at Compounds 4.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > parts of > rump
recorder's nose1825
saddle1854
1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 85 The saddle hackle and back feathers.
1872 L. Wright Poultry xvii. 205 Saddle, the posterior part of the back, reaching to the tail, in a cock, answering to the cushion in a hen; often, however, applied to both sexes, cushion being more restricted to a great development, as in Cochins, while ‘saddle’ may be applied to any breed.
1927 Amer. Naturalist 61 92 Most of the males..possessed feathers on the back, wing-bows and saddle which showed a tendency toward pointedness.
1976 J. Batty Understanding Old Eng. Game (ed. 2) 58 Saddle, that part of the back of a male bird nearest to the tail which includes long feathers known as saddle hackles.
1994 Outdoor Canada May 16/2 The finest hackle feathers come from the cape (neck ruff) and saddle (lower back) of roosters.
†9. = saddle oyster n. at Compounds 4. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > anomia ephippium
saddle oyster1761
saddle1815
saddleback1871
1815 S. Brookes Introd. Conchol. 156 Saddle, Anomia Sella.
†10. Botany. A ridge separating the fovea and foveola in the leaves of quillworts (genus Isoetes). Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > parts of
crooka1398
brake-root1626
indusium1807
membranula1821
sorus1832
foot1862
crosier1874
fruit-dot1880
fiddle-head1882
saddle1882
fern-cup1888
stomium1905
annulus-
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) iii. 475 Above the fovea and separated from it by the ‘saddle’ [Ger. Sattel], lies a smaller depression.
11. Originally and chiefly North American.
a. Short for saddle shoe or saddle oxford. Cf. Compounds 4.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with saddle
saddle oxford1912
saddle1921
saddle shoe1936
1921 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune & Leader-Press 22 Apr. 10 This season has seen a run on Vamp Saddle Oxfords. Men who follow the styles are buying Vamp Saddles now.
1938 Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 7 July 7 Boys' White and Tan Saddles $2.20.
1972 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. 8/1 (advt.) Everyone loves our bumpy, bouncy saddle—the shoe that sparks up the classics.
2004 Footwear News 2 Feb. 74 Adrover's top-stitched casual saddle with a tapered toe.
b. A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, often in a colour which contrasts with the main body.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates > other
speckc1440
under-leather1569
rand1598
tongue1598
ruffle1600
underlay1612
tap1688
jump1712
bottom1768
boot-garter1824
yarking1825
range1840
counter1841
insole1851
sock1851
galosh1853
heel plate1862
lift1862
foxing1865
spring1885
saddle1930
1930 Footwear Organiser Jan. 37/1 The tie shoe is a development of the one-bar, with a bar or saddle fastened in the centre by means of a fancy lace or ribbon tie through eyelets.
1948 R. T. Wilcox Mode in Footwear 170 (caption) Saddle oxford—white elk—brown calf saddle—red rubber sole—worn since the 1920's.
1972 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. 8/1 (advt.) In bone leather with a blue saddle..in big girl sizes 5 to 9 medium width.
1997 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nexis) 9 Mar. e2 Look for oat nubucks with contrasting saddles, ranging from chocolate to navy to pastels.
12. Mathematics. = saddle point n. at Compounds 4.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > point > [noun] > on a surface or plane
conical point1812
umbilicus1841
stigma1863
binode1869
branch-point1878
saddle point1907
saddle1952
1952 W. Hume-Rothery et al. Metall. Equilibrium Diagrams xxx. 262 The highest point in the saddle, R, will be a maximum in the direction of the eutectic valleys, and at this point the solidus line..touches the liquidus.
1978 Nature 7 Sept. 76/1 They explain..Thom's listing of the ways in which critical points of functions (that is, maxima, minima and saddles) of n variables can coalesce as k parameters vary.
2004 K. Nakamura & T. Harayama Quantum Chaos & Quantum Dots vii. 123 The saddles are naturally created right at the point of contact with the leads or at certain places in the cavity as a consequence of the soft-wall confinement.

Phrases

P1. In proverbial similative phrases.
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c1450 in Englische Studien (1925) 59 12 (MED) Now trewly yow becometh al your gere As wel as Cowe a sadel to bere.
1566 J. Knox Hist. Reformation in Wks. (1846) I. 242 Als seimlye a sight..as to putt a sadill upoun the back of ane unrewly kow.
1573 T. Stapleton in J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 714 As well dothe a saddle fitte a Cowe, as the qualitie of an anchor resemble a supremacie.
1663 L. Womock Aron-bimnucha or Antidote to cure Calamites 88 But for this pretence of pulling down Antichrist, it is a saddle that will fit any back.
1692 T. D'Urfey Marriage-hater Match'd v. iii. 52 I was no more fit for a Wife, than a Cow is for a Saddle, as a Man may say.
1738 J. Swift Polite Conversat. 65 Why, he used to go very fine, when he was here in Town... Ay, and it became him, as a Saddle becomes a Sow.
1897 Eng. Hist. Rev. 12 553 Men upon whom, in Boccaccio's words, knighthood sat as a saddle on a pig.
1918 ‘B. M. Bower’ Cabin Fever xvii. 220 The name fit, like a saddle on a duck's back.
1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 Aug. a6/1 Stalin said that imposing Communism on Roman Catholic Poland was as absurd as putting a saddle on a cow.
P2. to win the saddle or lose the horse and variants: to engage in a venture the outcome of which will either be highly profitable or ruinous. Now rare.
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1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) ii. ix. sig. Fiiiiv Recouer the hors or lese the saddle too.
1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 62v He hath both ieoperded the horse, and lost the saddle.
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. K4 Whatsoeuer two resolute men will goe to dice for it, and win the bridle or lose the saddle.
1602 N. Breton Poste with Madde Packet Lett. I. sig. B2 But my state being so down the wind,..I wil..thrust my selfe into some place of seruice, where I will either win the horse, or loose the Saddell.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 894 They..resolve either to Win the saddle, or Loose the Horse.
1736 J. Kelly Fall of Bob i. 6 I know thy waddle, And bent to win the Horse, or lose the Saddle.
1801 L. Chester Federalism Triumphant i. i. 13 It's neck or nothing with them, as well as us, we'll loose the horse or win the saddle.
1813 J. Lovett Let. 12 June in C. V. Bonney Legacy Hist. Gleanings (1875) 298 The Majority doubt..whether they shall win the Saddle, and ride..to the d—l; or lose the Horse, and trudge the same journey on foot.
1913 Folk-lore 24 77 I'll win the horse or lose the saddle. (Oxfordshire).
†P3.
a. to put (also set) beside the saddle and variants: to unhorse; (hence) to put ‘out of the running’; to defeat the plans of; to marginalize, thwart (cf. cushion n. 10c). to sit beside the saddle: to be lacking in power or influence; to resign oneself to such a state. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > despair [verb (intransitive)]
ortrowOE
untrust?c1225
despaira1340
wantrokec1350
desespeirec1380
mishopea1400
to be despairedc1400
wanhopea1425
to sit beside the saddle1563
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to
undoc950
shendOE
forfarea1000
endc1000
to do awayOE
aquenchc1175
slayc1175
slayc1175
stathea1200
tinea1300
to-spilla1300
batec1300
bleschea1325
honisha1325
leesea1325
wastec1325
stanch1338
corrumpa1340
destroy1340
to put awayc1350
dissolvec1374
supplanta1382
to-shend1382
aneantizec1384
avoidc1384
to put outa1398
beshenda1400
swelta1400
amortizec1405
distract1413
consumec1425
shelfc1425
abroge1427
downthringc1430
kill1435
poisonc1450
defeat1474
perish1509
to blow away1523
abrogatea1529
to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529
dash?1529
to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531
put in the pot1531
wipea1538
extermine1539
fatec1540
peppera1550
disappoint1563
to put (also set) beside the saddle1563
to cut the throat of1565
to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568
to make a hand of (also on, with)1569
demolish1570
to break the neck of1576
to make shipwreck of1577
spoil1578
to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579
cipher1589
ruinate1590
to cut off by the shins1592
shipwreck1599
exterminate1605
finish1611
damnify1612
ravel1614
braina1616
stagger1629
unrivet1630
consummate1634
pulverizea1640
baffle1649
devil1652
to blow up1660
feague1668
shatter1683
cook1708
to die away1748
to prove fatal (to)1759
to knock up1764
to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834
to put the kibosh on1834
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
kibosh1841
to chaw up1843
cooper1851
to jack up1870
scuttle1888
to bugger up1891
jigger1895
torpedo1895
on the fritz1900
to put paid to1901
rot1908
down and out1916
scuppera1918
to put the skids under1918
stonker1919
liquidate1924
to screw up1933
cruel1934
to dig the grave of1934
pox1935
blow1936
to hit for six1937
to piss up1937
to dust off1938
zap1976
1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) f. 43v What if..whersoeuer ye finde Clerkes, priestes or monkes ryding, it should be lawfull for you to vnhorse them and to set them besides the saddle, yea and to retayn the horses vnto your own vses?
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 873 The French king..fearing least when he had almost runne his race, King Henry would put him beside hys sadell, whome he did halfe suspect to be a back friend of hys.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 890 If he could obtaine it [sc. the Consulshippe], he was fully bent to set Caius beside the saddle.
a1592 R. Greene Alcida (1617) sig. G4v Well, howsoeuer it be, Lucidor shall be mine, hee shall haue my heart, and I his, or else I will sit beside the saddle.
1598 Famous Victories Henry V sig. F3 French King Why then you do not onely meane to Dispossesse me, but also my sonne. Hen. 5 Why my good brother of France, You haue had it long inough: And as for Prince Dolphin, It skils not though he sit beside the saddle.
1642 J. Vicars God in Mount 22 As that no power either of Prince or Parliament shall ever be able to set us, hereafter, beside the sadle.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. viii. 345/1 As Constans seeking to deprive his Brother Constantine of the Empire..cast him beside the Saddle of his Horse.
1702 Aesop on this Juncture x. 15 This made your Plots abortive, Eggs all addle, And this hath put your Breech beside the Saddle.
b. to be beside the saddle and variants: to be beside the mark or point (cf. cushion n. 10b). Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [verb (intransitive)] > be irrelevant
to be beside the saddle1580
1580 A. Saker Narbonus ii. 47 You are beside the saddle, and haue missed your marke.
1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 36 This Doctor is besides the Saddle, what is now in use is not our enquiry.
1684 Lucian's Dialogues i. 17 Hold, hold: you are beside the saddle Or else your Coxcombs brains are addle; Tis not with me, but Monsieur Paris..You ought to Quarrel with.
?a1725 D. Culy Wks. (1726) i. 56 And if my Light be not Darkness, we shall find many besides the Saddle in this Point also.
P4.
a. to get into the saddle and variants: to mount a horse; (hence) to assume control; to take charge or command. Now rare.
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1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie iv. 222 Syth there is question of marriage..wee muste not throwe oure selues blinde-fielde therevnto, as the Andabates doe to fighte, for feare wedlocke leape into the saddle, and repentaunce on the crouper.
a1627 T. Middleton et al. Widdow (1652) i. ii. 9 I perceive you must begin like a young Vaulter, and get up at horse-tail, before you get into the saddle.
1660 S. Pepys Diary 3 Mar. (1970) I. 75 He told me he feared there was new design hatching, as if Monke had a mind to get into the saddle.
1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Prince vii, in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 209 Such as by the favour of fortune..have got into the saddle.
1768 W. Graham Attempt to prove Patronage Foreign to Nature of Church 139 If the other party, who now hold the reins in the assembly, would be so complaisant as permit them to get into the saddle.
1859 J. S. Rarey Art of taming Horses (new ed.) viii. 120 Young men should learn to leap into the saddle by placing both hands on the cantle, as the horse moves.
1869 J. E. Cooke Mohun ii. xxi. 158 Well, Surry, old fellow, we are going to get into the saddle. Look out for your head!
1975 S. Heaney in Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Nov. 175/3 It is impossible to miss the note both of exhilaration and consolidation in this work as English poetry vaults into the saddle of the Mediterranean Pegasus.
b. to be in the saddle and variants [compare German sich im Sattel halten, fest im Sattel sitzen, French être bien en selle] : to be on horseback; (hence) to be in a position of control or responsibility; to be in office or in power; (also occasionally) to be ready for or actively engaged in work (cf. in harness at harness n. 4b).
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society > authority > control > in control or charge [phrase]
to be in the saddle1581
in the driver's seat1860
in the driving seat1947
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > in preparation [phrase] > in a state of preparation or readiness > for action or work
to be in the saddle1581
ball, bullet in (en) bouche1582
bullet in mouth1692
in wind1768
on deck1867
1581 B. Gilpin Godly Serm. 19 If the diuel could be cast out of such instruments as he hath in Rome, the men woulde become profitable members of Christ. But if the diuel sit so fast in the saddle, that he cannot be turned out, we cannot amend it.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 100 To seate him-selfe sure in the Saddle.
1641 R. Younge Counterpoyson (ed. 2) iv. 23 Where sinne is in the Saddle, there punishment is on the Crupper.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. v. 91 Yea, such was his persevering beauty, (fair in the Cradle and Saddle too) that it lasted unto his old-age.
1738 D. Neal Hist. Puritans IV. 225 The Presbyterians being now again in the saddle.
1850 Beck's Florist 298 I never had a jobbing gardener that did not want to get in the saddle himself, and put you on the pillion.
1879 19th Cent. 668 All the states of Italy accepted the new Pope; and Rodrigo Borgia, once in the saddle, was not a man to be easily dislodged.
1881 R. G. White Eng. Without & Within xiv. 323 The phrase ‘in the saddle’—as an expression of readiness for work, is a peculiarly English phrase.
1891 ‘S. C. Scrivener’ Our Fields & Cities 28 Otherwise the happy-go-lucky..system of production could not keep itself in the saddle to any durable extent.
1915 D. Haig Diary 3 Dec. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 171 He had taken the matter in hand and I must not trouble my head over it. As soon as I was in the saddle he would see me again.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Mar. 163/1 The Franco régime has already survived longer than most European dictatorships... The Caudillo seems as firmly in the saddle as ever.
1987 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder the Third in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 307/2 I'm glad to be back in the saddle—did I say ‘saddle’? I meant harness.
c. to cast out of the saddle and variants: to unhorse; (hence) to deprive of office or position; to usurp the position of, depose. Now rare. [Compare German einen aus dem Sattel heben (16th cent.).]
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1590 W. Segar Bk. Honor & Armes iv. vi. 69 He that is cast out of the Saddle by violence of his aduersaries encounter, shall bee more reprooued, than he who falleth by the default of his horse.
1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xl. sig. Cc3 Innumerable are the examples of States, and Citties burnt to Ashes..by these particuler Chimneyes, by Marius and Sylla, the Romaines state lost her sturrops; by Caesar, and Pompey was cast out of the Saddle.
1651 T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 487 A Governour that will be loved and generally spoken well of, must hold an easie reine; but where mettle Colts or restie jades are to be broken, he that holdeth not a streight raine, and maketh not use of a strong curbe, may be cast out of the saddle.
1753 W. Warburton Let. 16 Aug. in Lett. Late Eminent Prelate (?1793) lix. 109 Written with much fury, by a wrathful Presbyterian member, who was cast out of the saddle with the rest, by the Independents.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 43 My rascal Dutton..by dint of his outlandish qualifications, threw his rival Clinker out of the saddle of her heart.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. i. 4 I have known when my bare word would have cast the best man-at-arms among ye out of saddle and out of service.
1829 M. R. Lacy Maid of Judah iii. vii. 60 I will cast them out of the saddle with my single lance.
1993 Newsweek 29 Mar. 52/3 When they take the chance that I had and allot it to three women just because they're female, that burns me up... I got shot out of the saddle.
P5. to lay the saddle upon the right (also wrong) horseand variants: to lay the blame on the right (also wrong) person; (also) to hold or form a correct (also incorrect) view about something.
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1635 R. Shelford Five Pious Disc. 288 The Papist and the Protestant strive about the seat of Antichrist; the one would have it to be at Rome, the other not. In my judgement the Protestant sets the saddle on the right horse.
1653 J. Collinges Responsoria ad Erratica Piscatoris ii. sig. C 1 You have laid the saddle upon the wrong Horse.
1690 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 336 E. G. with child, layd on the tapster, who said that ‘set the saddle on the right horse’.
1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 85 But let us bring things to a right Understanding, do Satan justice, and set the Saddle upon the right Devil.
1752 C. Lennox Female Quixote (1820) II. vii. xii. 154 I'll clear myself, and put the saddle upon the right horse!
1841 T. Hood Tale of Trumpet iii, in New Monthly Mag. Sept. 162 And the cat at last escapes from the bag; And the saddle is placed on the proper nag.
1870 J. K. Hunter Life Stud. Char. 7 It was deemed by them a providence, as putting the saddle on the right horse.
1914 W. De Morgan When Ghost meets Ghost xxiv. 787 I suppose I had forgotten which was which, of the two old ladies—had put the saddle on the wrong horse.
1995 Birmingham (Alabama) News (Nexis) 26 May (Editorial section) 6 a How is it possible to demean a person who acts in such a disgusting and uncivilized manner? It appears that Morris Dees has put the saddle on the wrong horse.
P6. Scottish. to seek all the seats (also corners) of the saddle and variants: to try every expedient; to go to extreme lengths. to put (a person) to every corner (also seat) of the saddleand variants: to put (a person) in a difficult or perplexing position; to cause (a person) to go to extreme lengths or to try every expedient. Now rare.
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1658 R. Moray Lett. to Earl of Kincardine (2007) 187 Neither will I be ill to you for meddling more with physick, wherin to restrain myself, let me tell you, I find I am fain to search all the corners of my saddle.
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 11 Leaps to his Horse, and on he went, To take and give the Complement: While hips excoreat, made him swadle Through all the corners of the Sadle.]
a1745 W. Meston tr. Ovid Metamorphosis in Poet. Wks. (1767) 124 They make myself, who am more able Than thou, seek all the seats i' th' saddle.
1825 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) VI. 24 I have the dregs of Abbotsford House to pay for..so I must look for some months to be put to every corner of my saddle.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To put one to a' the seats o' the Saddle, to nonplus, to gravel one; obviously borrowed from the uneasy sensations of one who feels his seat on horseback too hard for him.
1893 J. C. Watt John Inglis iv. 56 It caused many mediocre men to seek all the seats of the saddle in order to ride in the race.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
a.
saddle cover n.
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1676 S. Sewall Diary 27 Oct. (1973) I. 27 Saddle Cover lost, which John found in the Morn.
1843 Norwalk (Ohio) Exper. 12 July Scrape them [sc. skins] with a blunt knife... This completes the process and makes you a most excellent saddle cover.
2003 Irish Voice (Nexis) 4 Mar. 26 Sore bottoms are still an occupational hazard, but a pair of padded cycle shorts or a gel saddle cover can work wonders.
saddle gear n.
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c1440 (?a1400) Sir Perceval 345 Kepes he no sadill-gere, Bot stert vp on the mere.
1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 411/1 After securing our horses near us with lassos, and making a rude bed of our saddle gear, we retired to rest.
1925 E. A. Powell Beyond Utmost Purple Rim i. 16 The smell of sweat-soaked leather, the creak of saddle-gear.
2005 Canberra Times (Nexis) 17 Feb. a20 All Clark's saddle gear was carried in the race.
saddle lining n.
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1831 Patent granted to W. Newton in London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 6 119 To Samuel Clerk..for his having invented certain improvements in making or preparing saddle lining, saddle cloth, and girths, for keeping saddles in place on horses, and other animals of burden. 20th Oct. 6 months.
1952 G. Kheirallah Arabia Reborn xxi. 229 This sad-eyed, patient beast..donating his hide for sandals, water buckets, and saddle lining.
2004 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 6 July b1 An array of show-jumper accoutrements like anti-slip saddle linings, warm-up blankets [etc.].
saddle-load n.
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1881 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 63 144 On the level the engine was weighted with a saddle load of 16 lbs., making a total weight of 76 lbs.
1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xciii. 492 Afterwards we slept on our saddle-covers, the tanned fleece hooked last of all over the saddle-load to make a slippy and sweat-proof seat for the rider.
1997 Observer (Nexis) 7 Sept. (Review section) 10 A very special, very hairy little Shetland with a saddle-load of tricks.
saddle nail n.
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1640 Tables Rates & Duties in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) II. 177 Chair nails,..Copper nails, rose nails, and saddle nails.
1790 Pennsylvania Packet 2 Feb. 4/1 A few setts of the best saddle nails.
1876 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. (new ed.) III. 2011/2 Saddle-nail, a short nail having a large, smooth head, used in making saddles.
2006 New Amer. (Nexis) 10 July 35 A Confederate bullet struck his saddle, driving a piece of a saddle nail into his leg.
saddle paste n.
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1875 Times 21 Sept. 10 C. D. Harrod offers to supply Blacking..; Breeches Paste..; Saddle Paste..1s. tins 8d each.
1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox i. 5 The savour Of saddle-paste and polish spirit.
1982 J. Richardson Horse Tack 17/2 Once a week, a suppling preparation such as Kocholine, Flexalan or Harris's Saddle Paste should be rubbed by hand into the flesh side before soaking.
saddle place n.
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1636 T. Grymes Honest & Plaine Dealing Farrier sig. A6 Of the enchafing of a Horse neck, or other place of him,..which by rubbing against a wall, or a tree will cause scabs rise in his neck, among the haire, sometime on the saddle place, to helpe this.
1758 London Mag. May 248/1 Between those [bunches or humps] of the Dromedary is a natural seat or saddle place.
1871 G. MacDonald At Back of North Wind iii. 26 As soon as Diamond had got himself comfortable on the saddle place, the horse began pulling at the hay.
1917 Drill Regulations & Service Man. for Sanitary Troops U.S. Army iv. 234 The saddle place is determined by the animal's conformation and will sooner or later, during the morning, take that place irrespective of tight cinching.
saddle pommel n.
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1583 R. P. tr. P. de la Sierra Second Pt. Myrror of Knighthood i. ii. f. 9 He did smite it vpon the pagan his helmet, which made him bowe downe his head to his saddle Pomell.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 151 Their Horses..haue round cutting bitts, their bridles long and platted with gold, as are their saddle-pomels and stirrops for the better sort.
1796 J. Hunter Compl. Dict. Farriery & Horsemanship at Wrist The bridle wrist..should be equally raised in riding three or four fingers breadth above the saddle pommel.
1899 H. Sutcliffe Shameless Wayne xxiv. 308 His return blow..grazing the Lean Man's saddle-pummel as it fell.
2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 6 June 19 William the Conqueror, according to one source, [died] after falling on his saddle pommel.
saddle pouch n.
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1879 Court Proc. 17 Jan. in R. H. Nichols Reno Court Inq. (1996) 75 The men in Major Reno's command had 100 rounds of ammunition each, 50 on their persons and 50 in their saddle pouches.
1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xcvii. 518 We followed dragging my few things in their light saddle-pouch.
1994 Boston Globe (Nexis) 22 Aug. (Metro section) 15 The killer may have noticed the saddle pouch attached to the bicycle..and thought Spence was using it to store drugs or money.
saddle soap n.
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1878 Times 16 July 2 Brecknell's saddle soap, used in the Royal Stables... Specially prepared for cleaning and improving the appearance of saddles.
1979 J. Johnston Old Jest 100 There was a smell of saddle soap and horse dung.
2002 Equus Mar. 48/2 Tracey Dickson suggests treating smooth leather chaps pretty much like leather tack, cleaning them with saddle soap.
† saddle-stead n. Obsolete
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > place of saddle
saddle-stead1876
1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd ii. 133 And his war-gear clanged and tinkled as he leapt to the saddle-stead.
saddle stuffing n.
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1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Compl. Horseman ii. lx. 86 Cover the Pot, and lute the Junctures with Clay, mixt with Hair or Saddle stuffings.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xiii. 208 We saw the husk carded out..for..saddle-stuffing.
1995 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 9 Nov. 21 The skins..[of tropical loofahs] are so coarse and fibrous they are frequently used as cushion and saddle stuffing.
saddle tack n.
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1799 W. Nicol Pract. Planter iv. §x. 229 It will be found necessary, after laying over the wound with tar..to cap it with lead, wax-cloth, or tar-pallion, which may be fastened with slate-nails or saddle-tacks.
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 132 Hogg should purchase a pennyworth of saddle-tacks, and..nail the ears of the Gude Grey Catte to his stable-door.
1990 J. P. Ronda Astoria & Empire v. 127 Morrison, a St. Charles retail merchant, sold the Astorians everything from saddle tacks and gunpowder to lard.
† saddle-withers n. Obsolete
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1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Saddle The Saddle-Withers should be low.
saddle spring n.
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1874 Subject-matter Index Patents 1790–1873 (U.S. Patent Office) III. 1232 Saddle-spring... J. Woodward... Oct. 6, 1835.
1887 Viscount Bury & G. L. Hillier Cycling (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xiii. 340 The combined saddle-springs recently introduced.
2006 G. Sarti Vespa 270 The saddle spring was conical (frame 3800).
b. Forming nouns with the sense ‘used for riding’.
saddle ass n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus asinus (ass) > domesticated ass or donkey > used for specific purpose
pack-ass1643
saddle ass1657
post-ass1696
pig-ass1787
pack-donkey1889
1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee 112 God once opened the mouth of Balaams Saddle-asse.
1854 G. Bush Illustr. Holy Script. 279/2 The saddle ass retaining the perverseness of his kind, is apt to become restiff under his rider.
1984 D. C. Fowler Bible in Middle Eng. Lit. iii. 155 Priapus..was about to begin the attack, his phallic ‘scepter’ at the ready, when a nearby saddle ass suddenly brayed, waking the sleepers.
saddle colt n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > colt > used for riding
saddle colt1707
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 152 The first Year Saddle Colts should be only walked.
1892 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 18 Sept. 13 Stock show... Best stallion, 2 years and under..; best saddle colt.
1980 Post Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 8 May c8 Black yearling stud saddle colt. $600.
saddle mare n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for riding
road horseOE
hackney1299
rouncyc1300
mounturec1400
hackney horse1473
steed1597
Galloway1598
roussin1602
naggon1630
saddle horse1647
sit-horse?1652
rider1698
saddle mare1707
hack1737
hack horse1760
ride1787
Bucephalus1799
steed-horse1842
mount1856
saddler1888
saddle seat1895
1707 London Gaz. No. 4312/3 Lost.., a bay Saddle Mare.
1898 North Adams (Mass.) Transcript 11 Feb. 2 Dr Hall..advised horseback riding, and Bonner got a saddle mare and tried the prescription.
2006 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Dec. 39 Three young geldings sold for a total of $2700, and two saddle mares were under negotiation after the sale.
saddle mule n.
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1722 L. Lange Jrnl. in F. C. Weber Present State Russia II. 27 The Emperor had ordered to provide us with..two Saddle-Mules.
1849 J. G. Bruff Jrnl. 23 May in Gold Rush (1944) I. i. 12 The driver leap'd off the saddle mule, and 2 men jump'd out behind.
2001 Pinedale (Wyoming) Roundup 7 June 19/3 (advt.) Saddle mule auction.
saddle ox n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > oxen or cattle > used for riding
saddle ox1785
1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope I. Contents p. xxxiii Saddle-oxen.
1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. Index, at Oxen Saddle Oxen: their rate of travelling.
1961 H. E. Mautner Doctor in Bolivia vi. 95 We now have a reliable Indio who carries the mail on his saddle-ox.
saddle pony n.
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1828 Edinb. Advertiser 19 Feb. 120 There was a great show of excellent draught horses, and a few saddle ponies.
1959 H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker (1965) i. 13 Mr. Jamieson rode a saddle pony for a few miles then got on the wagon with us.
2006 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser (Nexis) 16 Oct. f18 Open led ponies will begin competing on Friday followed by the saddle ponies, show hunter ponies, [etc.].
c. Forming nouns with the sense ‘resembling a saddle in form or function’, as saddle clip, saddle flange, saddle key, etc.
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1779 J. Ramsden Descr. Engine for dividing Straight Lines 14 When the screw is turned round, the saddle piece will slide uniformly along the triangular bar.
1855 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1854: Arts & Manuf. I. vi. 638 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (33rd Congr., 2nd Sess.: U.S. House of Representatives Executive Doc. 59, Pt. 1) VII The deflecting plate E, with its saddle-flange h, when interposed in the combustion-chamber between the products of combustion and exit-pipes.
1860 J. J. W. Watson in Geologist 3 364 The trough-joint, usually more productive than the saddle-joint.
1870 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Times 14 Apr. (advt.) Hardware... Wrought Iron Felloc Plates.., Perch and Bed Plates, Patent Saddle Clips.
1872 J. G. Barnard Rep. on North Sea Canal of Holland 43 Boom w1 is pin-jointed at the centre to a float or saddle-piece at the centre of the pipe t.
1877 W. C. Unwin Elem. Machine Design v. 96 Saddle keys..are used for fixing light pulleys to shafts.
1890 W. Slingo & A. Brooker Electr. Engin. xvii. 600 The channelling [for underground cables] consists of blocks of bituminous concrete made in six-foot lengths and jointed by a saddle-piece of the same material.
1943 W. J. Eddington Gloss. Shipbuilding & Outfitting Terms 204 A short piece of pipe with a flange on one end and a saddle flange on the other end.
1944 J. Millar in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder iv. 178/2 The junction should be formed with a lead saddle-piece dressed over the ridge of the adjacent roof and to the slope of the main roof.
1958 Chambers's Techn. Dict. (ed. 3) 736 Saddle key (Eng.). A key sunk in a key-way in the boss, but having a concave face which bears on the surface of the shaft, which it grips by friction only.
1987 Pigeon Racing Gaz. May 35/2 These saddle perches are small, so as to prevent two birds gaining a foothold and fighting each other.
1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) viii. 376/2 Fix the pipe to the wall with saddle clips.
C2. Objective and parasynthetic.
saddle-coloured adj.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > tan > [adjective]
brownc1384
nut-brownc1503
weather-beaten1530
tanned1564
tan-faced1614
tan-skinned1614
brown-complexioned1704
tanninga1717
brown-skinned1745
suntanned1796
well-tanned1815
weather-bronzed1837
bronzed1842
weather-tanned1853
saddle-coloured1854
bronze-faced1896
tan1963
1854 ‘Logan’ Master's House 260 That ‘saddle-colored’ nigger grinning at me..would be all the better for about ‘forty-five’, well laid on.
1900 R. Kipling Land & Sea Tales (1923) 39 The saddle-coloured sons of the soil looked down their noses.
1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xxxiii. 553 A saddle-colored negro of middle age.
2005 Marin (Calif.) Independent Jrnl. (Nexis) 2 May Niman, an unassuming man with saddle-colored skin, brown eyes and a dark mustache.
saddle maker n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle- or harness-making > saddler or harness-maker
saddler1287
seller1311
fuster1415
collar-maker1481
saddle makerc1500
codder1507
knacker1574
fusterer1600
fustler1605
saddle-tree maker1619
saddle-carpenterc1721
tree-maker1828
whittawer1854
saddle stitcher1910
c1500 Melusine (1895) xi. 43 Raymondyn sent for a Sadelmaker, to whom he said: ‘My frend..ye muste cutte this hyde in fourme of a thonge.’
1763 G. G. Beekman Let. 23 Oct. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 446 Our Harness and saddle makers say its [sc. leather's] not half Stout Enough for their Use.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 142/1 The saddle-maker has to consider the ease and comfort of both horse and rider.
1991 Horse & Horseman July 25/3 The saddle maker who hasn't mastered tooling generally carves large designs.
saddle-making n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle- or harness-making
saddleryc1449
whittawing1566
saddle-making1747
1747 Gen. Descr. All Trades 181 Their Business is not only Saddle-making, which is a curious as well as very antient Employ, but to complete some, and sell all other Necessaries for the Saddle-Nag and Horseman.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 142/1 Saddle-making and the cutting and sewing of bridles.
1939 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 9 June 5 All his 56 years of saddle making have been spent in the same store on the public square.
2007 Daily Oklahoman (Nexis) 25 Feb. Since he got into saddle-making in 1945, he's grown his business into an internationally recognized brand.
saddle-peaked adj.
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1845 Naut. Mag. & Naval Chron. No. 8. 395 The entrance to Berkeley Sound may be distinguished by a peaked hill on the north side, and a smaller saddle peaked hill near it.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xlix. 521 Saddle-peaked Hattin, traditional ‘Mount of Beatitudes’.
1930 I. W. Anderson Yacht in Medit. Seas 222 The noble mountain..lifts its saddle-peaked summits in grandeur and majesty to a height of ten thousand feet out of the Bay of Salonika.
C3. Forming adjectives and nouns relating to the (injurious) effects of riding, as saddle boil, saddle bruise; †saddle bitten, saddle weary, adjs.See also saddle sore, -sore adj., gall, and -galled at Compounds 4.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > chafing or galling
gallc1440
navel-gall?1523
spur-galling1566
saddle boil1591
saddle bruise1591
shackle-gall1596
warble1607
pince1610
stickfast1610
saddle galla1637
spur-gall1655
collar-gall1684
saddle mark1687
holster-gall1689
navel-galling1691
gall-spot1713
warble tumour1805
saddle sore1873
the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > disorders of back
saddle bitten1591
tifled1703
sore-backed1901
sore-back1923
the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > chafed or galled
galledc1000
saddle bitten1591
shackle-galled1596
navel-galled1601
spur-galled1608
saddle-galled1648
trace-galled1673
collar-galled1684
trace-beaten1687
halter-cast1704
1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. A2v He..made him spotted in the backe, as if he had been saddle bitten.
1602 Contention Liberalitie & Prodigalitie ii. ii. sig. C For Brocke mine Asse is saddle-pincht vull sore.
1639 Markham's Compl. Farriar xxxii. 163 (heading) To heal saddle bruises, hard swellings, and all sort of Impostumations.
1709 London Gaz. No. 4523/4 He had..a white Spot on his Back, that came by a Saddle-bruise.
1741 tr. G. Faerno Fables iii. 145 An Ass, with galling Saddle raw, Was left at Grass to fill his Maw.
1771 W. Gregory Diary 17 Sept. in New Eng. Mag. 18 (1895) 343/1 Slept little on account of a great headache from riding all day in the sun, besides being saddle sick.
1798 E. Perkins in C. C. Langworthy View of Perkinean Electr. (ed. 2) 95 I have frequently, however, heard of the little painful swellings on the back, generally termed saddle boils, being cured by the operation of the metallic influence.
1833 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. in W. H. Hamilton et al. Price & Price Policies (1938) 122 [Petroleum] is at this time in general use among the inhabitants of the country for saddle bruises and that complaint called the ‘scratches’ in horses.
1860 J. D. Johnston China & Japan xii. 298 We arrived sound in limb and muscle, but decidedly damp and saddle-weary.
1868 Let. 27 Aug. in R. F. Burton Lett. Battlefields Paraguay (1870) 362 We had gone..twenty miles in five hours, and there were no traces of ‘saddle-sickness’.
1887 ‘F. Anstey’ in Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 261/2 My riding was interrupted for a while. Brutus was discovered..to have a saddle-raw.
1898 E. W. Hamilton Mawkin of Flow 149 We had ridden ten miles..and were passably saddle-sick.
1909 Chambers's Jrnl. June 347/1 In a general way, the word Bush recalls to the writer..the sun and dust and saddle-weariness of the great gray inland plains.
1941 J. Steinbeck & E. F. Ricketts Sea of Cortez xvi. 160 I removed the saddle to see whether he might not be saddle-burned.
1975 J. O'Faolain Women in Wall viii. 137 We've been in the saddle too long, men of our race! We have saddle-fatigue.
2007 M. Chabon in N.Y. Times Mag. 25 Feb. 38/2 The wind carried..the plangent cry of a soldier-muezzin calling his saddle-weary brothers to a belated Jumuah.
C4.
saddle band n. now rare = saddle girth n.; also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > girth
wanty1297
wame-towc1310
womb ropea1325
girth1377
surcingle1390
warrok1392
garthc1425
cinglec1430
girt1563
wanty rope1569
girse1591
saddle banda1604
mail girt1607
saddle girt1613
saddle girth1635
mail-girth1673
girding1680
body girth1688
roller1688
wombtack1729
breast-girth1805
girthing1805
cinch1866
latigo1873
a1604 in J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 463 It [sc. the ministrie] will die in thy hand Therefor the backe shall beare the sadle-band.
1767 D. Fenning New & Compl. Spelling Dict. at Girth A saddle band.
1938 ‘V. Tikhonov’ Mountains & Stars 408 Please to loosen the saddle band. The mare is straining too much.
saddle-bar n. (a) Glazing a small horizontal bar of iron or other metal (fitting over an upright stanchion) to which lead panels are secured; (b) any of various bars forming part of a saddle, esp. a bar linking the pommel to the cantle on the side of a saddle-tree.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > glazing or dividing bar
monial1332
sodlet1332
stay-bar1399
transom1502
mullion1556
munnion1571
calm1577
leading1597
window bar1612
stroke1684
came1688
leads1705
saddle-bar?1733
transom-shaft1813
sash bar1837
baluster1844
baluster column1844
supermonial1846
supermullion1846
astragal1858
wagtail1940
?1733 W. Salmon Country Builder's Estimator 71 All sorts of hammer'd work, as Chimney-bars, Stays,..Saddle-Bars, Cramps..at 3 d. Half-penny and 4 d per lb.
1819 P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. II. 47/2 Frames..to which the lights are fastened by leaden bars..called saddle bars.
1876 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. (new ed.) III. 2011/2 Saddle-bar,..2. The side-bar, side-plate, or spring-bar of a saddle-tree, one on each side connecting the pommel and cantle.
1936 1st Pt. War Departm. Appropriation Bill for 1937: Mil. Activities 198 The modified McClellan saddle consists of a regulation McClellan saddle the quarter straps cut off near the edge of the saddle bar on both sides.
1978 H. E. L. Andrew Batsford Encycl. of Crafts 111 Another method of reinforcing larger projects is by attaching saddle bars to the finished piece of work at the back.
2001 Oxoniensia 65 62 The old-fashioned wooden diamond stave is here replaced with slender vertical metal saddle-bars with delicate spearhead ends nailed to the frame, to which the glazing panels of square cames are tied with lead wire.
saddlebill n. (more fully saddlebill stork) a large black and white African stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, which has a banded red and black bill with a yellow shield or ‘saddle’ at the base.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ciconiidae (stork) > ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (saddle-bill)
jabiru1774
saddle-billed storka1867
saddlebill1906
1906 W. L. Sclater Birds S. Afr. IV. 44 The Saddle-bill is found all over tropical Africa.
1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxxiv. 289 The saddle bill or jabiru (Ephippiorhynchus sinegalensis)... They are striking-looking birds; the forepart of the long bill crimson, the centre black, and the saddle or shield which comes just above the nostrils, bright yellow.
1973 Times 11 Dec. (Zaire Suppl.) p. vii/5 I was able to identify a saddle-bill stork.
1992 J. del Hoyo et al. Handbk. Birds of World I. 438/2 The appearance is often enhanced by beautiful colours on the bill, legs and facial skin, such as in the Saddle-bill, the Jabiru, and the Yellow-billed Stork.
saddle-billed stork n. = saddlebill n.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ciconiidae (stork) > ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (saddle-bill)
jabiru1774
saddle-billed storka1867
saddlebill1906
a1867 C. J. Andersson Notes Birds Damara Land (1872) 281 Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, Bon. Saddle-billed Stork.
1937 Sci. Monthly Sept. 214/1 Saddle-billed storks, also, have been seen about the waterholes.
2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 279/2 The Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis ) is second only to an ostrich in standing height.
saddle blanket n. a small blanket, typically of wool, made to be folded and inserted under a saddle.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle-cloth
paniot1310
saumbuc1330
panel1336
saddle house1431
mantletc1440
horse-cloth1530
saddlecloth?1530
saddle rug1679
hammock-cloth1685
hammock1690
shabracque1809
saddle blanket1817
manta1828
saddle mat1856
numnah1859
numdah1879
1817 E. P. Fordham Let. 26 July in Pers. Narr. Trav. (1906) 98 My cloak and saddle-blanket, spread on the floor, form my couch.
1885 B. Harte Maruja vi. 145 His quick eye was attracted by a saddle-blanket.
1925 C. Jacobson Life Story Jeff Davis xxviii. 234 When I licked that gang at Little Rock during the last campaign, they went around on the streets with their faces looking as long as a saddle blanket.
2005 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 6 July n12 Your horse may come complete with its rugs and tack. If not, you will need a saddle, bridle, saddle blanket, brushes and combs.
saddle block n. Surgery (chiefly Obstetrics) the technique of anaesthetizing the perineal region by a low spinal injection; a spinal block affecting the sacral nerves; frequently attributive.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > [noun] > anaesthetization > by blocking nerves
nerve-blocking1906
nerve block1912
field block1922
spinal block1928
saddle block1946
1946 R. Parmley & J. Adriani in Southern Med. Jrnl. 39 194/2 The term ‘saddle block analgesia’ is well chosen inasmuch as it is not only descriptive but is also free from the word spinal which sounds very, very dangerous to most obstetric patients.
1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xl. 17/2 The incidence of serious complications is low and saddle block is popular in North America.
1990 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 90 No. 5. 122/1 After a hyperbaric subarachnoid phenol ‘saddle block’, pain control was better with less morphine.
saddle boiler n. a type of boiler of concave shape, used to heat a building, esp. a greenhouse.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > boiler > [noun] > types of
steam-boiler1805
boiler1818
generator1823
wagon-boiler1837
Cornish boiler1840
saddle boiler1840
French boiler1844
vomiting-boiler1844
water-tube boiler1850
feed-heater1864
Scotch boiler1877
cross-tubea1884
steamer1891
flash generator1903
flash steam generator1907
waste-heat boiler1930
1840 Gardener's Mag. New Ser. 6 274 I have, I believe, seen every kind of boiler that has yet been used for hot water, and I am of the opinion that no shape exceeds in efficiency the horse-shoe, or saddle-boiler.
1885 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 30 Mar. 1254/2 Wanted, saddle boiler..to heat small greenhouse.
1905 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 630/1 Saddle Boiler, a form of boiler used for heating water in a house. The boiler is arched at the base, the arch serving as a conduit for the products of combustion between the grate and the chimney.
1992 Garden Hist. 20 144 Archaeological evidence has shown at least one heated structure in each garden, with finds including a complete saddle boiler.
saddle bracket n. (a) = saddle rack n.; †(b) Telegraphy = sense 6g (obsolete).
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > projecting bracket > on a pole or pillar
saddle bracket1844
pillar bracket1854
saddle1867
pole-bracket1876
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > receptacle for saddle
saddle case1753
saddle bracket1844
saddle stool1856
saddle rack1860
saddle-tree1864
Montana tree1891
point1908
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 190 The riding-horse-stable should have saddle-brackets.
1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 210 If a wire is to be run along the top of the pole, brackets..named saddle-brackets, or simply saddles, are..used.
1991 C. Powell Stables & Stable Blocks 23/2 (caption) No. 112 Saddle bracket, with hooks, for fixing on to heel post.
saddlebred adj. and n. (also with capital initial) (a) adj. bred in or to the saddle; spec. (of a horse) bred to have the gaits of an American saddlebred; (b) n. a horse bred for riding; spec. an American saddlebred horse.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds
Frison?a1400
jennet1463
garron1540
Galloway1598
ghoonta1613
Goonhilly1640
forester1712
yabu1753
Highland pony1768
Narragansett pacer1777
Suffolk punch1784
Nubian1790
Cleveland bay1796
cob1818
Conestoga1824
marsh tacky1826
Narragansett1826
Russian pony1829
Clydesdale1831
Turkoman1831
Morgan1841
tarpan1841
Waler1849
Percheron1855
Canuck1860
Anglo-Arabian1864
Anglo-Arab1869
Belgium1878
Palouse1881
standardbred1888
Belgium draught horse1889
saddlebred1891
Timor pony1895
Haflinger1899
Argentine1901
Belgian1907
palomino1914
Appaloosa1924
Trakehner1926
Lipizzaner1928
Tennessee walking horse1938
Bhotia1939
cremello1944
Akhal-Teke1947
Palouse horse1947
Tennessee walker1960
Falabella1977
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [adjective] > of or like particular breeds
Arabian1588
Arab1718
garronly1740
Shetland1770
Clydesdale1786
Belgian1821
Conestoga1828
Gypsy1856
Anglo-Arab1860
Anglo-Arabian1860
cobby1871
Akhal-Teke1882
criollo1884
saddlebred1891
Lipizzan1948
1891 Harper's Mag. July 213/1 In short, we city folks, compared to the saddle-bred man whose life work is astride a horse, are and remain tenderfoots.
1892 Chillicothe (Missouri) Morning Constit. 14 Jan. 2 A saddle bred mare, bred and raised in Missouri, is the dam of two..trotters.
1917 Ann. Rep. Departm. Agric. 1916 83 Four of the stallions are Percherons, two are Standardbreds, and two are Saddlebreds.
1991 Midnight Zoo 1 v. 21/1 A 3/4 Arabian-1/4 Saddlebred gelding who's been used as a hunter and needed some dressage-type training.
2000 J. Jahiel Compl. Idiot's Guide to Horseback Riding vi. 248 Five-gaited Saddlebreds are shown at the walk, trot, canter, slow gait, and rack.
saddle bronc n. U.S. (in a rodeo) an untrained (or part-trained) horse or bronc (bronc n.) ridden with a saddle; the action or practice of riding such a horse; frequently attributive.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > in rodeo
saddle bronc1932
1932 Modesto (Calif.) News-Herald 18 Sept. 2 The arena program..[included] calf riding for boys.., bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, and wild horse contest.
1949 G. Rounds Rodeo 49 (heading) Saddle Bronc Rodeo.
1956 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Sept. 47/2 A saddle bronc ride, which requires more skill, lasts ten [seconds].
1965 P. St. Pierre Boss Namko Drive (1970) 14 The saddle bronc had made two little crow hops on to the stampede grounds, but that was all.
1976 Columbus (Montana) News 3 June 1/4 The rodeo picks up again at 1:00 p.m. Sunday. Events are saddle bronc, bull riding, steer wrestling, [etc.].
2005 Global Aug. 89/1 The saddle bronc championships, where violently bucking horses try to snap the spines of grimacing cowboy riders.
saddle brown n. and adj. (a) n. a tan colour characteristic of saddle leather; (b) adj. of this colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > yellowish brown > tan
tan-colour1811
leather1872
suede1873
tan1888
saddle brown1907
saddle1947
1907 Elyria (Ohio) Reporter 17 Apr. 2 Saddle brown is to be a good spring color.
1946 V. McWilliams Lafcadio Hearn vi. 102 Convalescence..left him weighing scarcely ninety pounds, sharp bones covered by a saddle-brown skin.
1975 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 31 Mar. 24 d (advt.) Swivel Rocker in handsome, saddle-brown Masland Duran vinyl.
2000 Combat Handguns Mar. 90/1 Our sample was finished in a rich saddle brown.
saddle carp n. rare an ornamental variety of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, which has a row of large scales down the back.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > unspecified and miscellaneous types
snot-fish1655
gilt char1673
vrac1673
carp1789
kurper1831
Prussian carp1836
grass carp1885
saddle carp1888
zebrafish1914
1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 416 When there is a row of large scales down the back it is called the ‘Saddle Carp’.
1936 Monessen (Pa.) Daily Independent 31 July 9 Many domesticated varieties, such as the..Leather Carp..[and] the Saddle carp, with a row of..scales down the back.
† saddle-carpenter n. Obsolete rare a person who makes saddle-trees.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle- or harness-making > saddler or harness-maker
saddler1287
seller1311
fuster1415
collar-maker1481
saddle makerc1500
codder1507
knacker1574
fusterer1600
fustler1605
saddle-tree maker1619
saddle-carpenterc1721
tree-maker1828
whittawer1854
saddle stitcher1910
c1721 W. Gibson True Method dieting Horses viii. 125 A Country where there is perhaps the most expert Saddle-Carpenters and Saddlers in the World.
1889 H. E. Colville Hist. Sudan Campaign ii. 312 Indian Transport for the British Force at Suakin. This corps was to take over 4,500 camels, or nine war divisions, each division consisting of 500 camels,..185 camel drivers,..5 saddle carpenters.
saddle case n. a case used to protect a saddle, esp. when travelling.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > receptacle for saddle
saddle case1753
saddle bracket1844
saddle stool1856
saddle rack1860
saddle-tree1864
Montana tree1891
point1908
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Saddle case. See the article Housing.
1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 497 Tin-lined Saddle Cases for Ladies' Saddles.
2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Aug. 10 [Sir Ernest] Shackleton's travelling trunk and saddle-case should make up to £3000 each.
† saddlecharge n. Obsolete a packhorse load or seam (seam n.2 1).
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > conveyance by pack-animals > load carried by animal
seamc950
horse-chargec1350
soum1397
saddlecharge?a1500
horseloadc1500
summagec1500
fare1599
?a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 609/35 Sauma, a Sadylcharge.
saddle club n. a riding club.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun] > riding club
saddle club1904
1893 Daily Advocate (Newark, Ohio) 11 May 5 Newark is to have a Spur and Saddle Club. It was organized last night by the election of the following officers.]
1904 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 8 Jan. 2 I joined the Saddle club sixty years ago and I still stick to it, but the rising generation has joined the Automobile club.
1962 A. Sampson Anat. Brit. xvi. 258 Guards officers..have their own club in Mayfair, their own polo club, cricket club, saddle club, flying club, shooting club.
1995 Stornoway Gaz. 13 July 10/1 A great deal of concern has been expressed about the proposed closure of the Saddle Club in Balivanich.
saddle crutch n. (a) a raised area on a saddle (cf. crutch n. 3); (b) Nautical = crutch n. 4a.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle
saddle-boweOE
arsonc1300
saddle skirt1361
saddle-tree1364
skirtc1400
saddle panel1465
stock-tree1470
stock1497
pommela1500
tree1535
pillion cloth1540
port1548
saddle stock1548
pilch1552
bolster1591
cantle1591
shank-pilliona1599
pillowc1600
pad1604
crutch1607
sivet1607
saddle crutcha1614
saddle eaves1663
saddle tore1681
burr1688
head1688
narve1688
saddle seat1688
sidebar1688
torea1694
quarter1735
bands of a saddle1753
witherband1764
withers1764
peak1775
pillion-stick1784
boot-housing1792
saddle flap1798
saddle lap1803
fork1833
flap1849
horn1849
skirting1852
hunting-horn1854
head-plate1855
saddle horn1856
cantle bar1859
leaping-horn1859
straining1871
stirrup-bar1875
straining-leather1875
spring tree1877
leaping-head1881
officer-tree1894
monkey1911
monkey-strap1915
thigh roll1963
straining-web-
a1614 R. Standish & R. Croft Jrnl. in T. Best Voy. E. Indies (1934) 171 At his sadle crutch a shaff [sc. sheaf] of arrowes, the quiver of beatten gould.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Saddles We have a saddle-crutch for the main or driver boom on the taffarel.
1884 C. E. S. Collingwood Mem. Bernard Gilpin ix. 166 There came a man riding to the church style having a dead child laid before him over his saddle crutch.
1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 148/1 Saddle Crutches, brackets of wood fastened to the lower part of the mast for the boom to rest on.
1999 R. F. Jones Ann. Astoria 169 (note) ‘Saddle crutches’ are, specifically, that part of the saddle tree which supports the pommel, or front, of the saddle.
saddle drum n. now historical a type of drum carried on a saddle.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > other drums
taborinc1500
swash1533
war-drum1593
wolf-drum1605
saddle drum1617
tombak1662
tom-tom1693
goombay1790
rommelpot1790
rommelpot?1798
water drum1824
pahu1829
tabl1831
tambourin1832
dholuck1837
nagara1839
tree-drum1850
ngoma1860
talking drum1897
pot drum1907
friction drum1909
trap-drum1924
ghoema1934
tamboo1942
tassa1948
steel drum1952
conga drum1955
roto-tom1968
conga1969
Isukuti1972
steel pan1973
syndrum1979
1617 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 3) v. vii. §iii. 593 Saddle drummes of gold set with stones, vsed in Hawking.
1826 J. Leyden & W. Erskine tr. Mem. Zehir-Ed-Din 108 It might be about the end of the third watch of the night, some of us nodding,..when all at once saddle-drums struck up.
1947 Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, N.Y.) 18 Apr. 7 The pipes of Pan, ancient saddle-drums, the still-played shofar.., all..are heard [in a Music of the Ancients concert].
2000 D. Dunnett Gemini 78 Some carried trumpets, and she saw saddle-drums: ready to rally, and parley.
† saddle eaves n. humorous Obsolete the projecting sides of a saddle; saddle skirts or saddle flaps.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle
saddle-boweOE
arsonc1300
saddle skirt1361
saddle-tree1364
skirtc1400
saddle panel1465
stock-tree1470
stock1497
pommela1500
tree1535
pillion cloth1540
port1548
saddle stock1548
pilch1552
bolster1591
cantle1591
shank-pilliona1599
pillowc1600
pad1604
crutch1607
sivet1607
saddle crutcha1614
saddle eaves1663
saddle tore1681
burr1688
head1688
narve1688
saddle seat1688
sidebar1688
torea1694
quarter1735
bands of a saddle1753
witherband1764
withers1764
peak1775
pillion-stick1784
boot-housing1792
saddle flap1798
saddle lap1803
fork1833
flap1849
horn1849
skirting1852
hunting-horn1854
head-plate1855
saddle horn1856
cantle bar1859
leaping-horn1859
straining1871
stirrup-bar1875
straining-leather1875
spring tree1877
leaping-head1881
officer-tree1894
monkey1911
monkey-strap1915
thigh roll1963
straining-web-
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 31 But after many strains and heaves, He got up to the saddle eaves.
1885 Overland Monthly Oct. 416/2 But essaying to mount his cow-like beast again, just when he had, with painful effort, climbed up to his ‘saddle eaves’,..the beast aforesaid..started suddenly forward.
saddle embolus n. Medicine an embolus at the bifurcation of the lower aorta, blocking both branches.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > vascular disorders > [noun] > embolism > an embolism
embolus1876
air embolism1877
embolon1878
embolism1902
thromboembolus1927
saddle thrombus1933
saddle embolus1935
1935 H. B. Logie Standard Nomencl. Dis. (Amer. Med. Assoc.) 238 Saddle embolus of aorta.
1974 J. D. Maynard in R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery xi. 236 Retrograde catheterisation to the bifurcation of the aorta will allow dislodgement of a saddle embolus.
1995 B. Pomidor Murder by Prescription iv. 49 My guess is that he died from massive pulmonary embolism—a saddle embolus, most likely.
saddle-fast adj. poetic firmly seated in the saddle.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective] > firmly seated
well sitten?a1513
saddle-fast1805
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iii. vi. 69 Still sate the warrior saddle-fast.
1871 Harper's New Monthly Mag. 43 96/2 With so black a care peering over their shoulder, stouter horsemen than he have scarce sat saddle-fast.
1977 R. R. Mueller Festival & Fiction in H. Wittenwiler's Ring ii. 26 Resentful of the saddle-fast stranger, eight foolhardies return for more adventure.
saddle feather n. a saddle hackle feather.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > parts of > feather
hackle1496
heckle?a1500
sickle-feather1688
saddle feather1854
saddle hackle1854
sickle1882
1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 128 The hackle and saddle feathers are straw colour.
1946 A. R. Winter & E. M. Funk Poultry Sci. & Pract. (ed. 2) iii. 55 Castrated males grow longer neck, saddle, and tail feathers than do cockerels.
1990 Fly Fisherman Dec. 59/1 Through selective breeding hen saddle feathers have become more useful for upright and spent dry-fly wings.
saddle flap n. (usually in plural) either of a pair of large flaps which project downwards from the side of a saddle seat, and against which the rider's legs press; (also) a small flap covering the stirrup-bars on either side of the saddle seat.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle
saddle-boweOE
arsonc1300
saddle skirt1361
saddle-tree1364
skirtc1400
saddle panel1465
stock-tree1470
stock1497
pommela1500
tree1535
pillion cloth1540
port1548
saddle stock1548
pilch1552
bolster1591
cantle1591
shank-pilliona1599
pillowc1600
pad1604
crutch1607
sivet1607
saddle crutcha1614
saddle eaves1663
saddle tore1681
burr1688
head1688
narve1688
saddle seat1688
sidebar1688
torea1694
quarter1735
bands of a saddle1753
witherband1764
withers1764
peak1775
pillion-stick1784
boot-housing1792
saddle flap1798
saddle lap1803
fork1833
flap1849
horn1849
skirting1852
hunting-horn1854
head-plate1855
saddle horn1856
cantle bar1859
leaping-horn1859
straining1871
stirrup-bar1875
straining-leather1875
spring tree1877
leaping-head1881
officer-tree1894
monkey1911
monkey-strap1915
thigh roll1963
straining-web-
1798 New Year's Gift 12 A weak Solution of Soda cleans unblack'd boot tops, saddles, saddle flaps, and bridles, without injuring the original colour of the leather.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 219 The saddle-flaps should be sponged clean of mud.
1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox i. 5 Some..Brushed at saddle-flaps or hove Saddle-linings to the stove.
2007 Pract.Horseman (Nexis) 1 Apr. 42 Another factor that will affect the fit of your saddle is the length of the flap relative to your leg... As the length of the stirrup shortens, the length of the saddle flap also should shorten.
saddle gall n. a sore on the back of a horse, produced by the chafing of a saddle.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > chafing or galling
gallc1440
navel-gall?1523
spur-galling1566
saddle boil1591
saddle bruise1591
shackle-gall1596
warble1607
pince1610
stickfast1610
saddle galla1637
spur-gall1655
collar-gall1684
saddle mark1687
holster-gall1689
navel-galling1691
gall-spot1713
warble tumour1805
saddle sore1873
a1637 G. Markham Compl. Jockey (1684) x. 34 If he have a narrow back, he will be prone to Saddle-galls, hurts and bruises in riding.
1713 London Gaz. No. 4880/4 A little swell'd on the Navel with an old Saddle Gall.
1831 W. Youatt Horse x. 169 For saddle galls there is no better application than strong salt and water, mixed with a fourth-part of tincture of myrrh.
1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xiv. 224 The smooth patch of grey rock that looked like a saddle gall.
2006 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 19 Aug. d9 They put Zazy in their stables..help doctor her saddle galls and bring her water and oats.
saddle-galled adj. now rare and archaic chafed by a saddle.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > chafed or galled
galledc1000
saddle bitten1591
shackle-galled1596
navel-galled1601
spur-galled1608
saddle-galled1648
trace-galled1673
collar-galled1684
trace-beaten1687
halter-cast1704
1648 W. Poole Countrey Farrier 15 If a horse be saddle galled, or hurt with the sadlde [sic] that it doe swell.
1679 T. Gilbert Θρηνωδη 7 Her Pegasus Is Saddle-gall'd, and therefore hobbles thus.
1759 T. Wallis Farrier's & Horseman's Compl. Dict. Saddle galled, is when a horse's back is hurt or fretted with the saddle.
1898 A. Conan Doyle Trag. Korosko i The saddle-galled donkeys.
1958 M. Sandoz Let. 29 Nov. (1992) 328 A sort of euphemism for the more vulgar terms meaning a saddle-galled bottom or, more precisely, chafed privates.
1994 M. Canham In Shadow of Midnight xxiv. 377 ‘If you will have me: a scarred and saddle-galled beast, arrogant and ill-mannered, brutish, unfeeling—’ He pursed his lips and frowned.
saddle girt n. now U.S. regional and English regional. = saddle girth n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > girth
wanty1297
wame-towc1310
womb ropea1325
girth1377
surcingle1390
warrok1392
garthc1425
cinglec1430
girt1563
wanty rope1569
girse1591
saddle banda1604
mail girt1607
saddle girt1613
saddle girth1635
mail-girth1673
girding1680
body girth1688
roller1688
wombtack1729
breast-girth1805
girthing1805
cinch1866
latigo1873
1613 A. Nixon Straunge Foot-post f. 7v If he finde you miserable, your saddle girts are tied but slackly, and if you like them not, you may mend them your selfe.
1759 New Universal Hist. Arts & Sci. II. 106/1 Saddle him, throwing afterwards his cloaths over him..forbearing the drawing the saddle girt strait, till you are ready to mount.
1813 J. C. Hobhouse Journey (ed. 2) 712 We..found the stream as high as the saddle-girts.
1978 Chillicothe (Missouri) Constit. Tribune 30 May 4b Public Auction... Horse Equipment... New bridle bits; new saddle girts, bridle reins, halter reins, [etc.].
saddle girth n. a belt or band of leather or cloth, tightened round the body of a horse or other animal, so as to secure a saddle on its back.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > girth
wanty1297
wame-towc1310
womb ropea1325
girth1377
surcingle1390
warrok1392
garthc1425
cinglec1430
girt1563
wanty rope1569
girse1591
saddle banda1604
mail girt1607
saddle girt1613
saddle girth1635
mail-girth1673
girding1680
body girth1688
roller1688
wombtack1729
breast-girth1805
girthing1805
cinch1866
latigo1873
1635 W. Davenant Triumphs Prince D'Amovr 4 A Suttlers wife, denoted by her dresse of the Campe, her head being bound with a Saddle girth, instead of Phylliting.
1724 M. Davys Reform'd Coquet 117 He and his Companion went before, with Amoranda's Man bound with a Saddle-girth, till they came to the Barge.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby vi. 326 And, bursting in the headlong sway, The faithless saddle-girths gave way.
1945 R. L. Beals Contemp. Culture Cahita Indians 46 Practically any Indian knows how to weave a saddle girth.
2003 Financial Times (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Leisure Travel Suppl.) 4 His horse plunged belly-deep into the bog and the saddle girth broke.
saddle glacier n. a glacier which forms a saddle (see sense 5a).
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1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 June 11/1 The summit of the [Kangla] pass..is crowned by a noble saddle glacier.
1906 Geogr. Jrnl. 28 181 At present there are only patches of névé, or small saddle glaciers, high up on the mountain-sides.
1927 Geogr. Jrnl. 69 315 The north-western of the two saddle glaciers of the Sa-Kang La extends right across the valley.
saddle graft n. Horticulture a graft made by saddle grafting.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting > place where graft inserted
clefta1398
stockc1400
grafting1601
seed stock1702
crown graft1706
graft1802
root graft1824
saddle graft1830
rind-graft1907
1830 ‘B. Moubray’ Pract. Treat. Domest. Poultry (ed. 6) xx. 354 The best kind of graft for the young plant, is, beyond a doubt, the saddle graft, the operation for which every gardener knows how to perform.
1887 J. J. Black Cultiv. Peach & Pear 220 A saddle graft is where..we commence back an inch more or less from the bottom of the seedling cut square off several inches above the root.
1997 Frederick (Maryland) Post 23 Jan. b6/1 If you want to give cactus grafting a try, a saddle graft is an easy way to join cactuses with cylindrical stems.
saddle grafting n. Horticulture a method of grafting trees (or occasionally other plants) in which a wedge shape is cut in the stock and the scion is shaped to fit it.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting > other methods of grafting
emplastering?c1425
emplastration?1440
infoliation1577
semination1589
emplaster1601
packing1615
shoulder-grafting1669
side grafting1704
crown grafting1706
root grafting1707
rind grafting1722
tipping1763
saddle grafting1792
wedge-grafting1838
1792 J. N. Morse in Lett. & Papers Agric. (Bath & West of Eng. Soc.) VI. xv. 157 Saddle-grafting is somewhat similar; the stock being cut off sloping, and the scion made to fit.
1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) §2032 Saddle-grafting is performed by first cutting the top of the stock into a wedge-like form, and then splitting up the end of the scion..; it is then placed on the wedge, embracing it on each side.
1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) i. xiii. 102 Other methods are wedge grafting (Fig. E.) and saddle grafting (Fig. F.). The way in which the scion and stock should be cut in these two methods is easily understood by looking at the figures.
1987 Daily Herald (Chicago) 21 May g6/1 Saddle grafting is accomplished by cutting one stem, usually the stock, in the shape of a wedge, and cutting the other stem in the shape of a slot.
saddle gun n. U.S. a gun carried on or across the saddle of a horse or other animal.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > other small arms
long gun1530
currier1558
crabut1626
long arm1675
bullet-guna1701
hand cannon1752
wall-gun1812
walking-stick gun1823
shoulder gun1824
safety gun1825
gas gun1856
self-cocker1857
bolt action1871
snap action gun1875
saddle gun1886
multibarrel1899
dane gun1900
clip-loader1901
pump-action1923
sleeve gun1944
laser gun1961
phaser1966
magnum1970
1886 Outing 8 7/1 I..had with me the little forty-sixty Winchester saddle gun.
1949 10 Story Western May 21/1 They jerked the saddle guns from their scabbards.
2005 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 6 Dec. (Sports section) 11 At 20 yards, they [sc. a pair of does] sensed something out of the ordinary—maybe it was the Winchester saddle gun across my thigh.
saddle hackle n. any of the long feathers growing backwards from the saddle of a domestic fowl, esp. a cock (more fully saddle hackle feather); these feathers collectively.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > parts of > feather
hackle1496
heckle?a1500
sickle-feather1688
saddle feather1854
saddle hackle1854
sickle1882
1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 85 The saddle hackle and back feathers.
1923 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 95 261 The feathers of the neck, saddle-hackle, and tail, as they were renewed, were seen to be cocky in structure.
1951 W. H. Silk Bantams & Miniature Fowl iv. 26 Neck and saddle hackle are silvery-white as free from black striping as possible... Saddles and wing-bows are rich yellow or orange, shading to silvery-white in saddle-hackle.
1996 Fly Tyer Autumn 14 Cut or strip a clump of fluff from the base of a pheasant-body feather or a saddle hackle.
† saddle-hackled adj. Obsolete rare (of a domestic fowl) having saddle hackles.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or relating to or like a cock > having specific physical characteristics
combed1562
comblessa1616
gaffled1790
saddle-hackled1855
undubbed1855
1855 Poultry Chron. 3 209/2 I consider the really perfect hen-feathered cocks vastly superior in plumage to the long-feathered saddle-hackled.
saddle hill n. now rare a saddle-backed hill.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > saddle-backed
saddle hill1720
saddleback1804
1720 H. Cornwall Observ. Several Voy. India 16 Two Miles Eastward of the River is a Saddle Hill somewhat reddish.
1770 J. Cook Jrnl. 25 Feb. (1955) I. 257 There is a remarkable Saddle hill laying near the shore.
1891 B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese (ed. 2) 26 Seen from the side, the appearance [of the burial mound] is that of a saddle-hill, the conical part being slightly higher than the other.
1988 L. G. Shapiro et al. in C. Brown Adv. Computer Vision II. 29 If its curvature is positive (upward), we call it a ‘convex hill’. If its curvature is negative we call it a ‘concave hill’. If the curvature is up in one direction and down in a perpendicular direction, we call it a ‘saddle hill’.
saddle horse n. (a) a horse which is used for riding; spec. an American saddle horse; (b) a wooden stand for a riding saddle.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for riding
road horseOE
hackney1299
rouncyc1300
mounturec1400
hackney horse1473
steed1597
Galloway1598
roussin1602
naggon1630
saddle horse1647
sit-horse?1652
rider1698
saddle mare1707
hack1737
hack horse1760
ride1787
Bucephalus1799
steed-horse1842
mount1856
saddler1888
saddle seat1895
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > receptacle for saddle > for duration of its cleaning
saddle horse1958
1647 King Charles I Two Lett. 11th Nov. 4 I desire you to send all my saddle-Horses to my Son the Duke of Yorke.
?c1663 B. Whitelocke Diary (1990) 53 Presently he returned to his saddle horses & so home again, & praysed be God none of his company were ill uppon it.
1744 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1905) 395 Every saddle or pack horse, is to be valued by indifferent persons chosen between me and the owner.
1765 T. Cunningham New Treat. Laws conc. Tithes iv. 87 For a saddle horse, that is kept for pleasure, tithe of agistment shall not be paid.
1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xxvii. 238 He hired a saddle-horse..and started after breakfast.
1920 J. Gregory Man to Man 103 A dozen saddle-horses were tied at the hitching-rail.
1958 J. Hislop From Start to Finish viii. 67 The best way to [learn]..is to practise on a saddle-horse (a wooden stand, upon which saddles are cleaned).
1992 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 9 Feb. (Texas Mag.) 8 Jerry Taylor's saddle sits tagged and waiting to be picked up on a wooden saddle horse.
2006 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 13 Dec. 33 Arabians have formed the basis of Australia's working saddle horses for 200 years.
saddle horn n. the horn of a saddle (see horn n. 22b).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle
saddle-boweOE
arsonc1300
saddle skirt1361
saddle-tree1364
skirtc1400
saddle panel1465
stock-tree1470
stock1497
pommela1500
tree1535
pillion cloth1540
port1548
saddle stock1548
pilch1552
bolster1591
cantle1591
shank-pilliona1599
pillowc1600
pad1604
crutch1607
sivet1607
saddle crutcha1614
saddle eaves1663
saddle tore1681
burr1688
head1688
narve1688
saddle seat1688
sidebar1688
torea1694
quarter1735
bands of a saddle1753
witherband1764
withers1764
peak1775
pillion-stick1784
boot-housing1792
saddle flap1798
saddle lap1803
fork1833
flap1849
horn1849
skirting1852
hunting-horn1854
head-plate1855
saddle horn1856
cantle bar1859
leaping-horn1859
straining1871
stirrup-bar1875
straining-leather1875
spring tree1877
leaping-head1881
officer-tree1894
monkey1911
monkey-strap1915
thigh roll1963
straining-web-
1856 A. Cary Married 184 The bridle rein was twisted around the saddle horn.
1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 73 I..threw the rein of his horse up over the saddle-horn.
1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) lxxxix. 472 She [sc. a camel]..was docile and smooth to ride, turning left or right if the saddle-horn were tapped on the required side.
1971 D. C. Brown Yukon Trophy Trails i. 20 I hung the box by a string from the saddlehorn and climbed on.
2007 New Yorker (Nexis) 5 Feb. 38 The loop flowed around the steer's neck. With a quick flick, the loose end of the lariat was around the saddle horn.
saddle house n. †(a) a saddlecloth (obsolete); (b) a building in which saddlery is kept.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle-cloth
paniot1310
saumbuc1330
panel1336
saddle house1431
mantletc1440
horse-cloth1530
saddlecloth?1530
saddle rug1679
hammock-cloth1685
hammock1690
shabracque1809
saddle blanket1817
manta1828
saddle mat1856
numnah1859
numdah1879
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > tack room
saddle room1749
saddle house1799
saddlery1820
tack room1924
tackle-room1951
1431–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 231 Et in 1 nova hakneysadyll et 1 nova sadyllehouse.
1779 E. Parkman Diary 194 Snow-Banks very high one nigh my saddle-house 6 feet high.
1799 Hull Advertiser 12 Oct. 1/1 A very excellent Mansion House with coach house, saddle house and stabling.
1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh III. 101 The Squire sought out Bob in the saddle-house.
1986 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 29 July z18 Stock dogs race around the saddle house as cowboys unload the equipment.
2004 Northern Echo (Nexis) 9 Oct. 6 Not far away is a small stone building in which saddles were stored... There is an excellent plaque giving a brief history of this saddle house.
saddle iron n. originally Scottish a stirrup.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > stirrup
stirrupc1000
steel bowc1275
iron1662
saddle iron1772
shovel-stirrup1883
oxbow stirrup1907
oxbow1942
1772 J. Johnson Let. 17 Apr. in Joshua Johnson's Letterbk. (1979) 34 I have sent the saddle irons for Nathan Waters.
1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize I. i. 3 His father having a profitable traffic in saddle-irons and bridle-rings among the gallants of the court.
1952 Times 25 Nov. 8 The connection [for a stirrup light] goes down and along the stirrup leather and is clipped to the saddle iron.
1991 USA Today (Nexis) 16 May 1 c Antley was seen standing in his saddle irons.., a right arm raised skyward as he and Strike the Gold won the Derby.
saddle lap n. any part of a saddle which projects or hangs down from the seat; a saddle skirt or saddle flap.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle
saddle-boweOE
arsonc1300
saddle skirt1361
saddle-tree1364
skirtc1400
saddle panel1465
stock-tree1470
stock1497
pommela1500
tree1535
pillion cloth1540
port1548
saddle stock1548
pilch1552
bolster1591
cantle1591
shank-pilliona1599
pillowc1600
pad1604
crutch1607
sivet1607
saddle crutcha1614
saddle eaves1663
saddle tore1681
burr1688
head1688
narve1688
saddle seat1688
sidebar1688
torea1694
quarter1735
bands of a saddle1753
witherband1764
withers1764
peak1775
pillion-stick1784
boot-housing1792
saddle flap1798
saddle lap1803
fork1833
flap1849
horn1849
skirting1852
hunting-horn1854
head-plate1855
saddle horn1856
cantle bar1859
leaping-horn1859
straining1871
stirrup-bar1875
straining-leather1875
spring tree1877
leaping-head1881
officer-tree1894
monkey1911
monkey-strap1915
thigh roll1963
straining-web-
1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 266 He louted owr his saddle lap, To kiss her ere they part.
1822 A. Cunningham Trad. Tales II. 179 My fathers have fought to the saddle laps in English blood for the men of the house of Maxwell.
1917 Manitoba Free Press 5 Oct. 7 The men..wrapped themselves in a blanket and went to sleep with a saddle lap as a pillow.
1997 R. B. Platt Royalscope Fe-as-ko 23 I'll never forget how he looked: riding in with that scrawny, half-froze calf across his saddle-lap.
saddle lashing n. Nautical (now historical) a rope attached to the spar of a wooden ship and held in place by a saddle (sense 6a).
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1848 J. A. Paynter Notes on Night Quarters & Boat Service 2 The muzzle and saddle lashings were often cast loose in strong breezes, and as she was a very easy ship, she could carry her guns so in heavy weather with impunity.
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 1 The muzzle and saddle lashings of guns.
1929 Edinb. Rev. 452 There are required to fix and manage it, saddle-lashings, rack-sticks, rack-lashings, breast-lines, outriggers, oars [etc.].
saddle leaf n. North American (a) (more fully saddle-leaf tulip) the tulip tree, Liriodendron tulipifera; (b) (more fully saddle leaf philodendron) any of several plants of the genus Philodendron (family Araceae), esp. P. selloum, commonly grown as a house plant.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > tulip-tree or flowers
poplar1700
tulip-tree1705
tulip1759
yellow poplar1759
canoewood1762
liriodendron1802
white poplar1814
saddle leaf1820
saddle-tree1843
tulip poplar1869
1820 C. Mathews Let. 31 Aug. in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1839) III. vii. 149 If you have not got any in the grounds, a saddle-leaf tulip is beautiful.
1931 W. N. Clute Common Names Plants 39 The tulip-tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) was called saddle-leaf because the young leafblades in the bud were bent back across the petiole in such a way as to retard the growth of the tip and make it appear as if cut square across.
1977 Winnipeg Free Herald 13 Dec. (Features section) 2/2 The saddle leaf is a fine species [of Philodendron] with large, deeply-indented, handsome leaves.
1997 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 23 Nov. a11/3 Ditto the saddle leaf philodendron (P. selloum). Mine keeps losing its bottom leaves, but it also keeps throwing out new ones.
saddle leather n. leather specially prepared for, or as for, the making of saddles; (also) the leather of which a saddle is made.
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1773 Art of tanning & currying Leather 153 These dressings of oxen or cow skins are distinguished by curriers into harness and saddle-leather.
1832 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott iii, in Poems (new ed.) 14 Thickjewelled shone the saddle-leather.
1954 Times 6 May 7 A Beduin centre smelling of melons, good coffee, and saddle leather.
2007 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 21 Apr. j4 Even heavy saddle leather is finding new applications in the home, cut into squares for floor tiles for one.
saddle mat n. a mat used as a saddlecloth.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle-cloth
paniot1310
saumbuc1330
panel1336
saddle house1431
mantletc1440
horse-cloth1530
saddlecloth?1530
saddle rug1679
hammock-cloth1685
hammock1690
shabracque1809
saddle blanket1817
manta1828
saddle mat1856
numnah1859
numdah1879
1856 R. F. Burton First Footsteps in E. Afr. 128 Whilst spreading the saddle-mats, our women..sang with vigour.
1883 Cent. Mag. Aug. 523/1 Mats, called ‘cocas’,..are much sought after by California ranchmen as saddle-mats.
1932 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 2 Feb. 7 There's a wide range of sizes in these beautiful tent mats and saddle mats woven in Anatolia.
2006 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 July d1 Longhaired Tibetan nomads..examining motorcycles..and satellite dishes for sale alongside yak-wool mattresses and woven saddle mats.
saddle nose n. †(a) a flat or snub nose (obsolete); (b) a nose with a bridge that has sunk as a result of disease, esp. congenital syphilis (now chiefly historical).
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > types of nose
snoutc1330
hawk-nose1534
bottlenose1553
saddle nose?c1599
snut-nose1603
tooter1638
bridgea1658
hook-nose1687
button1696
snub nose1724
pug nose1769
Roman1821
Grecian nose1830
snub1830
potato-nose1853
squash nose1882
number six nose1923
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > nose
saddle nose1897
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Naso schiacciato, a flat Scotch-saddle nose.]
?c1599 J. Davies & C. Marlowe Epigrammes & Elegies sig. C She hath a dull dead eye, a sadle nose.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §27 The Raising gently of the Bridge of the Nose [of an infant], doth preuent the Deformity of a Saddle Nose.
1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Saddle-nose, a nose the bridge of which has sunk, in consequence of necrosis of the nasal bones.
1961 R. D. Baker Essent. Pathol. ix. 199 Stigmata of congenital syphilis may be found in those who survive. These defects are Hutchinson's teeth, mulberry molars, saddle nose, deafness and keratitis.
1991 A. Nikiforuk Fourth Horseman iii. 35 If suspects didn't look ‘loathsome’ or ‘satyr-like’, leper tribunals kept them under observation for a year. In some villages the entire parish would examine an individual: if they ‘shuddered’ at their neighbour's leonine face or saddle nose, no more had to be said.
saddle-nosed adj. rare (now historical) having a saddle nose.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose > having
cammed?c1350
camoised1393
nosed?1440
hook-nosed1519
snat-nosed1519
flat-nosed1530
bottle-nosed1566
chamoy-nosed1598
saddle-nosed1598
swine-snouted1600
camois-nosed1601
round-nosed1611
nosy1620
flat-nose1636
simous1656
sharp-nosed1675
tutty-nosed1681
Roman-nosed1688
snut-nosed1706
snub-nosed1725
camois1745
blunt-nosed1772
pug-nosed1788
snipy1825
button-nosed1830
nip-nosed1831
leptorrhinian1878
leptorrhine1880
snub1883
knob-nosed1886
long-nose1896
Tartar-nosed1897
Ally Sloper1901
beaky-nosed1923
1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 101 His wife..had cut and pared her nose betweene the eyes, that she might seeme to be more flat and saddle-nosed.
a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) I. iii. ii. 74 An Asturian wench, broad-faced, flat-headed, and saddle-nosed.
1986 Hist. & Theory 25 276 Is Spanish Naples then to be seen as short of limb, large of head, saddle nosed, of perhaps normal mental and sexual capacity but short longevity?
saddle notch n. Woodworking a recess cut into in one or both sides of a log or other piece of timber, enabling several such pieces to be slotted together; a joint made using such recesses (occasionally in conjunction with a ridge or tenon); (also) a method of construction using such recesses or joints.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs > cut in log
face cut1874
saddle notch1910
snipe1958
1910 Virginia Law Reg. 16 502 It appears from the evidence that he put in an old, knotty piece of timber..and had a ‘saddle notch’ cut in it about three or four inches deep.
1930 J. Beames Army without Banners 12 He disdained the clumsy ‘squaw notch’, where one log sits simply in a shallow groove cut in the one below, and fitted them neatly into place with the ‘saddle notch’, a triangular ridge cut to fit closely into a deep V in the log above.
1967 Dict. Canadianisms 651/2 Saddle notch, a saddle-notched joint.
1976 Amer. Speech 1973 48 166 In the South the saddle-notch was favored, while in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern areas V-notching was preferred.
2004 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 12 Nov. 12 hg Consumers... can also choose the style of construction for the corners of exterior walls—dovetail, saddle notch, vertical post or notch and pass.
saddle-notch v. Woodworking transitive to cut a saddle notch in; to fit together or construct by means of a saddle notch or saddle notches.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [verb (transitive)] > make cut or notch in log
snipe1870
saddle-notch1953
1953 Geogr. Rev. 43 176 The round logs have been saddle notched and chinked with cement.
1974 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 8 Sept. 4/2 After the logs were peeled David..saddle-notched each log and fitted them into place.
2005 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune (Nexis) 13 Jan. 1 b The logs are saddle notched and left round to round, instead of flattened on the sides.
saddle-notched adj. Woodworking having or consisting of a saddle notch; fitted together or constructed by means of a saddle notch or saddle notches.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [adjective] > of log: notched
saddle-notched1941
the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [adjective] > of log: notched > of joint: notched
saddle-notched1941
1941 Missouri: Guide to 'Show Me' State (Federal Writers' Project) 517 The Old Post Office..is a one-story structure of hewn logs with saddle-notched corners. It was built in the early 1830's.
1977 New Yorker 27 June 58/3 He and Lilly built a..cabin of unpeeled, saddle-notched logs.
2000 J. Nicoletta Buildings of Nevada 63/1 Logs meet at the corners in saddle-notched joints.
saddle oxford n. (also with capital initial(s)) a style of Oxford shoe having a saddle across the instep (see sense 11b); more fully saddle oxford shoe.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with saddle
saddle oxford1912
saddle1921
saddle shoe1936
1912 Eng. Jrnl. 1352 That the adolescent girl in the novel ‘lets one saddle oxford drop lazily from her toe’ isn't important.
1944 Life 15 May 65/3 Moccasin-type shoes (‘loafers’) are being worn in place of the no longer available saddle oxford.
1967 A. West in Coast to Coast 1965–6 212 Onto her feet she secured a pair of saddle oxfords that were too big by wrapping the laces around her ankles.
2006 F. Paulus Popcorn Poppin' on Apricot Tree i. 18 An extra nudge of my saddle oxford shoe caused the heavy classroom door to slam shut.
saddle oyster n. any of various marine bivalves constituting the family Anomiidae, characterized by unequal saddle-shaped valves and a byssus; esp. Anomia ephippium of the Atlantic and Placuna sella of the West Pacific; (also) the shell of such a bivalve.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > anomia ephippium
saddle oyster1761
saddle1815
saddleback1871
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Placunidae > placuna sella
saddle oyster1761
1761 R. Dodsley Gen. Contents Brit. Mus. 72 The Thorny Oyster, the Prickly Oyster, the Hammer and Saddle Oysters.
1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 256 P[lacuna] sella, called, from its shape, the ‘saddle-oyster’, is remarkably striated.
1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs x. 186 The most remarkably altered of all byssus-attached bivalves are the saddle oysters, Anomiacea.
1997 J. Coe House of Sleep ix. 156 Among her more exciting discoveries was a trio of blue-rayed limpets, a pair of saddle oysters and a magnificent Pelican's Foot.
saddle panel n. = panel n.1 1a.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle
saddle-boweOE
arsonc1300
saddle skirt1361
saddle-tree1364
skirtc1400
saddle panel1465
stock-tree1470
stock1497
pommela1500
tree1535
pillion cloth1540
port1548
saddle stock1548
pilch1552
bolster1591
cantle1591
shank-pilliona1599
pillowc1600
pad1604
crutch1607
sivet1607
saddle crutcha1614
saddle eaves1663
saddle tore1681
burr1688
head1688
narve1688
saddle seat1688
sidebar1688
torea1694
quarter1735
bands of a saddle1753
witherband1764
withers1764
peak1775
pillion-stick1784
boot-housing1792
saddle flap1798
saddle lap1803
fork1833
flap1849
horn1849
skirting1852
hunting-horn1854
head-plate1855
saddle horn1856
cantle bar1859
leaping-horn1859
straining1871
stirrup-bar1875
straining-leather1875
spring tree1877
leaping-head1881
officer-tree1894
monkey1911
monkey-strap1915
thigh roll1963
straining-web-
1465–6 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 90 Pro 2 sadill panell empt. pro le fissheman, 2 s. 4 d.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Saddle Some stuff their Saddle-Pannels with well dry'd Moss.
1892 Times 27 Sept. 4 That night 24 saddle panels were cut with knives in a manner to seriously injure them.
2004 S. Ransford Kingfisher Illustr. Horse & Pony Encycl. 141 (caption) Saddle panel... The panel stuffing must be even so the leather maintains a level contact with the horse's back.
saddle pillar n. Motorcycling and Cycling the pin extending from a cycle saddle which fits into a socket on the cycle frame.
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1896 Cycle & Motor World 9 Dec. 300/2 The same genius is responsible for a device which utilises the employment of the saddle-pillar as the piston of an air pump.
1978 R. Watson & M. Gray Penguin Bk. Bicycle ii. 52 Saddle pins, pillars or pegs are manufactured in steel or alloy.
1999 J. Hicks Welded Joint Design 132 Ignore the slight offset of the cyclist's weight from the apex of the frame at the saddle pillar.
saddle pin n. (a) any of various pins which fit into a saddle (in various senses) or resemble a saddle in shape (rare); (b) Motorcycling and Cycling = saddle pillar n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > parts and equipment of cycles > other parts of cycles
saddle1819
saddle pin1836
rest1855
pillion1878
Arab spring1880
carrier1885
coaster1895
bicycle basket1896
pacemaker1896
steering lock1897
headset1898
flapper-seat1916
stand1918
kick-stand1947
sissy bar1959
stabilizers1960
1836 L. Herbert Engineer's & Mechanic's Encycl. II. 380 When tram plates are fixed by spikes and sleepers there is some difficulty in keeping the joint even and in its place, but it seems to be successfully obviated by using a saddle pin to receive the ends of the nails at the joints.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 28 Apr. 5/2 He carried the despatches in the saddle-pin of his bicycle.
1924 Times 24 Mar. 5 While travelling at 70 miles an hour, G. B. Crow fell on the Byfleet banking owing to his saddle-pin working loose.
1939 U.S. Patent 2,175,087 1/2 This saddle pin is bored and threaded to receive the threaded hanger rod.
2002 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 6 May (Sports section) 8 [He] was leading when his carbon fibre saddle pin snapped with four laps to go... Damien rode to the finish without a saddle.
saddle pistol n. a pistol designed to be carried in the holster of a saddle (see holster n.).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > types of
dag1587
key gun1607
pocket pistol1612
key pistol1663
holster-pistol1679
troop pistol1688
horse pistol1704
screw-barrel1744
saddle pistol1764
air pistol1780
Wogdon1786
belt pistol1833
dueller1835
Colt1838
tickler1844
Derringer1853
cocking pistol1858
belt size1866
bulldozer1880
saloon pistol1899
Luger1904
Police Positive1905
Steyr1920
Saturday-night pistol1929
muff pistol1938
PPK1946
Makarov1958
Saturday-night special1959
puffer1963
snub nose1979
snubby1981
1764 Bloody Reg. I. 229 The night before he departed he made Noble a present of a pair of saddle pistols and furniture.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 376 The Double-grip Saddle Pistol. Side-lever action Saddle Pistol.
1917 Lima (Ohio) Daily News 26 Feb. 7 They intended to get me dead or alive... I had my rifle, two saddle pistols and two revolvers.
2005 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 25 Apr. 23 A pair of intricately-decorated saddle pistols that once belonged to George Washington were displayed publicly for the first time yesterday.
saddle plate n. (a) any of various saddle-shaped plates or castings (cf. sense 6); (b) a decorative plate for a horse's saddle.
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1779 M. Boulton & J. Watt in E. Robinson & A. E. Musson James Watt & Steam Revol. (1969) 128 Only the corners of the log may be taken off to fit the saddle-plate, and to prevent the saddle-plate from sliding on the beam.
1853 O. Byrne Amer. Engineer 44/1 (caption) The elevation of pedestal and saddle-plate for a water-wheel.
1890 Cent. Dict. Saddle-plate, in steam-boilers of the locomotive type, the bent plate which forms the arch of the furnace.
1924 Bull. Metrop. Mus. Art 19 40/2 The bridle plates and saddle plates are original, though the mounting of the saddle is modern.
1981 E. K. Blankenbaker Mod. Plumbing ix. 119/2 Adjust U-bolts to align with the holes in the saddle plate.
1991 Bull. Metrop. Museum of Art 49 23 It [sc. a suit of armor] has extra reinforcement pieces for the joust..and a second helmet, as well as a matching chanfron and saddle plates.
saddle pocket n. originally and chiefly U.S. = saddlebag n. 1.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > saddle-bags
sumpter1548
alforja1608
sumptery1620
saddlebag1675
jag1787
saddle pocket1857
kyack1901
1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Sept. 456/1 Filling your saddle-pockets with dried meat.
1930 J. F. Dobie Coronado's Children 208 He gathered enough of the nuggets to fill his saddle pockets.
2004 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 5 June d6 His jockey weighs 115 pounds, so 11 pounds of lead weights are put into the horse's saddle pockets to reach 126.
saddle point n. Mathematics (a) a point at which a curved surface is locally level but at which its curvature in two directions differs in sign, i.e. for a surface defined by a function f of x and y, a point at which ∂f/∂x = ∂f/∂y = 0 and (∂2f/∂x2)(∂2f/∂y2) < 0; (b) (in a zero-sum game) the joint outcome of the two parties following their unmixed optimal strategies, where these exist.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > point > [noun] > on a surface or plane
conical point1812
umbilicus1841
stigma1863
binode1869
branch-point1878
saddle point1907
saddle1952
the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > mathematical enquiry > result of > in specific case
saddle point1907
Poincaré cycle1943
1907 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 29 371 The intersection of the surface with any plane Z = c is a quartic curve which, when Z = 0, degenerates into two parabolæ, Y4 + 2Y2X − X2 = 0, tangents to each other at the origin, which thus becomes a saddle-point.
1946 H. Jeffreys & B. S. Jeffreys Methods Math. Physics xvii. 472 Through any saddle-point it will be possible to draw at least two curves such that ϕ is constant along them.
1960 A. Rapoport Fights, Games, & Debates vii. 136 A saddle point is an entry in the game matrix which is the smallest in its row and the largest in its column.
1966 S. Beer Decision & Control xviii. 467 In the inadequate game-theoretic model, neither side can exploit information about the other, because the game has a fixed saddle point.
2004 K. Nakamura & T. Harayama Quantum Chaos & Quantum Dots v. 70 This divergence occurs when saddle points (periodic orbits) become degenerate. Examples are (i) systems that have continuous symmetry and (ii) those showing orbit bifurcations.
saddle quern n. an ancient form of hand-mill consisting of a large base stone and a smaller upper stone, between which grain is placed and ground with a rubbing action; (also) the lower of the two stones forming such a mill.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding > prehistoric
malt-quern1397
saddle quern1867
society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > prehistoric tool > [noun] > types of
flintstonec1400
celt1748
fairy hammer1815
axe1851
flint-flake1851
stone-axe1864
flake-knife1865
scraper1865
thumb-flint1865
tool-stone1865
saddle quern1867
fabricator1872
grattoir1872
hammer-stone1872
tribrach1873
flake1875
hand-axe1878
pick1888
turtle-back1890
racloir1892
eolith1895
pebble chopper1895
palaeotalith1897
tranchet1899
point1901
pygmy flint1907
microlith1908
Gravette1911
keeled scraper1911
lissoir1911
coup de poing1912
end-scraper1915
burin1916
rostro-carinate1919
tortoise core1919
blade1921
axe-adze1925
petit tranchet1926
tournette1927
pebble tool1931
raclette1932
biface1934
cleaver1935
thumbnail scraper1937
microblade1959
linguate1966
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > other types of mill
water corn mill1327
watermill1371
quern mill1590
water grist mill1636
tide-mill1640
parish mill1676
whin-mill1793
roller mill1828
saddle quern1867
walk-around1869
kibbler1882
1867 Archaeol. Jrnl. 24 246 A ‘saddle-quern’, resembling that found at Ty Mawr, was sent to the museum of the Institute at the Hull meeting, 1867.
1938 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 4 35 The true saddle-quern..was a two-handed implement allowing only a to-and-fro movement of the upper stone.
1978 A. Ritchie & G. Ritchie Anc. Monuments Orkney 41 The original rubbing stones were found beside this massive saddle quern, together with a pile of crushed razor-shells.
2001 Oxoniensia 65 189 The worked stone consists of three pieces. Two of these, a saddle quern and spindlewhorl, are made from Jurassic sandstone.
saddle rack n. a framework, bracket, or stand on which a saddle may be hung when not in use.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > receptacle for saddle
saddle case1753
saddle bracket1844
saddle stool1856
saddle rack1860
saddle-tree1864
Montana tree1891
point1908
1860 ‘A. Glib’ Tales for Cozy Nook 184 ‘Come along to the stable, Tom,’ shouted this worthy; ‘let's have him up to the saddle rack—he's caught in the fact so let's string him up at once!’
1890 A. T. Fisher Through Stable xii. 93 Saddle-racks are usually fixed to the walls of a saddle-room.
1993 Western Horseman Mar. 117 (advt.) A full line of all-aluminum & FRP horse, stock & show trailers... Custom options include..swing-out saddle rack and rear tack compartment.
2006 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 22 Mar. 6 The rebuilt weighing room has kept much of its traditional feel with wooden floors and the old saddle racks remaining.
saddle rail n. Railways (now disused) a form of rail having flanges that rest on the ballast or straddle a longitudinal sleeper.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > types of rail
bridge rail1759
rack rail1829
light rail1836
saddle rail1837
T rail1837
rack1847
foot rail1856
tooth-rail1862
U-rail1868
strap-rail1874
check-rail1876
cog-rail1884
1837 Mechanics' Mag. 26 329/1 (heading) Improved timber-railway base, and saddle-rail.
1858 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 6 385/2 The saddle rail..like that used on the Great Western.
1876 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. (new ed.) III. 2011/2 Saddle-rail, a railway rail which has flanges straddling a longitudinal and continuous sleeper.
1915 T. W. Barber Civil Engin. Types & Devices 98 (caption) Saddle rail on longitudinal V timber sleeper.
saddle reed n. rare a reed used to form the edges of a gig- or cart-saddle.
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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2011/2 Saddle-reed, small reeds used in the place of cord to form the edges of gig-saddle sides.
1908 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 11 May 7 61 pair of wooden assorted hamess. 1 lot of saddle reeds. 1 hammer. 1 monkey wrench.
saddle reef n. Mining and Geology a body of ore, esp. auriferous quartz, found in the curve of an anticline, thickest at the centre and tapering downwards in each direction; a similar body in the trough of a syncline; cf. sense 5c.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > vein > curving
saddle1860
saddle reef1860
saddle vein1935
1860 Mining Surveyors' Rep. (Mining Dept., Victoria) Aug. 216 The Wellington Reef..is what is termed by miners a saddle reef, or, in other words, a vein of quartz branching from the cap in two distinct underlies, viz. one to the east and the other to the west.
1906 J. Park Text-bk. Mining Geol. ii. 49 The gold-bearing veins at Cape Terawhiti, near Wellington, in New Zealand, are interesting examples of saddle-reefs which exhibit both an anticlinal and synclinal arrangement.
1967 W. G. Moore Dict. Geogr. (rev. ed.) 188 Saddle-reef, a lens-shaped strip of rock formed in a similar way to a Phacolith, but consisting of Quartz.
1992 Geol. Mag. 129 628 (table) Common: saddle reefs and quartz veins along axial planes.
saddle ring n. †(a) a circular mark on the back of a horse caused by the abrasion of the saddle (obsolete rare); (b) chiefly U.S. a metal ring fixed to a saddle; (also) a metal ring on a rifle or carbine, enabling it to be secured to a saddle, belt, etc.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > back or types of > mark caused by saddle
saddle spot1591
saddle-speck1685
saddle ring1694
1694 London Gaz. No. 3017/4 Stolen..a brown bay Mare with a bald Face, Saddle-rings [etc.].
1827 Mechanics' Mag. 6 849/1 There is a gain in the power and facility of reining in a horse, when the reins come in contact with the upper part of the saddle-rings.
1940 Charleston (Va.) Gaz. 27 Nov. 5/4 (advt.) 1000-Shot Air Rifle. Western Carbine. Western saddle ring with 16-in. leather saddle thong.
2002 D. Crawford Home in Valley xxvii. 271 After removing the bundle from the saddle rings, he headed for Sabina.
2004 Amer. Handgunner (Nexis) 1 May His Mare's Leg sure looked deadly hung on a hook on his belt by the saddle ring.
saddle rock n. [ < Saddle Rock, the name of a saddle-shaped boulder off the north coast of Long Island, New York, below which a bed of large oysters was found in 1827] U.S. (now historical) (in full saddle rock oyster) a very large edible oyster.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > large
saddle rock1852
1852 Lantern (N.Y.) 2 158/1 Oyster House sages..acknowledge that for a consideration they will puff anything from Saddle Rock Oysters to Fancy soap.
1865 J. H. Browne Four Years in Secessia 279 The stewing of ‘Saddle-Rocks’ in a chafing dish, or the preparation of a lobster salad, was as far as I had ever advanced in the mysteries of the cuisine.
1923 Davenport (Iowa) Democrat & Leader 28 Sept. 19/4 Saddle Rocks are an extremely large variety.
1927 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 7 Jan. 14/7 (advt.) Saddle Rock Oysters. Chesapeake Bay Oysters, about 30 to the can.
2006 M. Kurlansky Big Oyster vi. 135 New York being New York, everyone in town was now crazy to have Saddle Rock oysters on their tables and ready to pay unheard-of prices for them.
saddle roof n. = saddleback n. 4; also in extended use.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > types of roof generally
vaulta1387
plat-roofa1425
pend1454
faunsere1460
compassed roofa1552
terrace1572
sotie1578
crown1588
arch-roof1594
arch1609
under-roof1611
concameration1644
voltoa1660
hip roof1663
French roof1669
oversail1673
jerkinhead1703
mansard1704
curb-roof1733
shed roof1736
gable roof1759
gambrel roof1761
living roof1792
pent roof1794
span-roof1823
wagon-head1823
azotea1824
rafter roof1825
rooflet1825
wagon-vault1835
bell-roof1842
spire-roof1842
cradle-roof1845
packsaddle roof1845
open roof1847
umbrella roof1847
gambrel1848
packsaddle1848
compass-roof1849
saddleback1849
saddle roof1850
curbed roof1866
wagon-roof1866
saw-tooth roof1900
trough roof1905
skillion roof1911
north-light roof1923
shell roof1954
green roof1984
knee-roof-
1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 403 Saddle Roof of a Tower..so called when the roof has two gables, as at Brookthorpe or Versainville..(sometimes termed a Pack-saddle roof).
1876 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. (new ed.) III. 2011/2 Saddle-roof, a double gabled roof.
1906 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 10 90 A peculiar type of grave with saddle roof of stone slabs.
2001 Winterthur Portfolio 36 80 Both tiles and shingles were used in Port Royal in the 1680s. The sketches..include houses like Mrs. Willoughby's, with gables and a saddle roof.
saddle room n. a room in which saddlery is kept when not in use.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > tack room
saddle room1749
saddle house1799
saddlery1820
tack room1924
tackle-room1951
1749 W. Halfpenny New Syst. Archit. Delineated 5 Saddle room 4 feet 6 inches by 4 feet.
1883 B'ham Weekly Post 18 Aug. 8/6 He procured a loaded gun from the saddle-room.
1951 J. Pullein-Thompson Radney Riding Club ii. 31 When the ponies were fed and settled for the night Eric nailed the new rosettes beside the others in the saddle-room.
2001 Oxoniensia 65 71 The back yard consisted of a double coach house..and a saddle room with granary, loft and groom's room over.
saddle rug n. a saddlecloth or saddle blanket, esp. one made from thick, carpet-like material.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle-cloth
paniot1310
saumbuc1330
panel1336
saddle house1431
mantletc1440
horse-cloth1530
saddlecloth?1530
saddle rug1679
hammock-cloth1685
hammock1690
shabracque1809
saddle blanket1817
manta1828
saddle mat1856
numnah1859
numdah1879
1679 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 361 2 saddle Ruggs & 3 old Blancketts.
1858 Times 24 Aug. 10 A blanket, a spare set of shoes, and nails in a case attached to the side of the saddle rug.
1890 Cent. Dict. Saddle-rug, a saddle-cloth made of carpeting.
1993 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 23 May Horse riding equipment worth $1500 was stolen from a shed in Waverly Rd... Three saddles, two bridles and three saddle rugs were stolen.
saddle scabbard n. North American a leather case for carrying a rifle on horseback.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > gun-case or sling
bendroll1598
holster1663
sling1711
gun-casea1762
gun-sling1812
shoulder holster1895
saddle scabbard1897
scabbard1923
gun slip1977
1897 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald 19 Dec. 11 Zeb drew his Winchester from his ‘saddle scabbard’ and chucked the partially-filled magazine ‘jam full’ of well-greased cartridges.
1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 185 His horse came up to his ranch..with the gun still in the saddle scabbard.
1944 R. F. Adams Western Words 137/1 Saddle scabbard, a heavy saddle-leather case in which to carry a rifle or Winchester when riding. The gun fits in as far as the hammer, leaving the stock exposed.
2006 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 12 Feb. It's an enduring symbol of the American frontier, a gun that looks as if it were made to be carried in a saddle scabbard.
† saddle-shell n. Obsolete rare = saddle oyster n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > anomia ephippium > shell of
saddle-shell1863
jingle1887
1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 419 Saddle-shell, Anomia ephippium.
saddle shoe n. chiefly North American a shoe with a saddle (sense 11b) (cf. saddle oxford n.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with saddle
saddle oxford1912
saddle1921
saddle shoe1936
1936 N.Y. Times 2 Sept. 4/3 (advt.) Saddle shoes 5.49.
1937 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 6 Aug. 3 On the campus, college girls from coast to coast like flared or pleated skirts, saddle shoes and short wool socks and sweaters.
1941 J. C. Furnas How Amer. Lives 272 You could paint an accurate oil portrait from those data alone, right down to the socks and saddle shoes.
1974 D. Ramsay No Cause to Kill i. 6 Saddle shoes. Brown and white... Of all things! Who wore saddle shoes nowadays?
2005 J. Weiner Goodnight Nobody xiv. 122 He'd arrived..with a plastic bag containing a corned beef sandwich, saddle shoes, and a plaid skirt.
saddle shoulder n. Fashion (on a garment) a square-cut shoulder that is formed by an extension of the sleeve; also attributive.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > shoulder > types of
saddle shoulder1926
1926 Manitoba Free Press 9 Feb. 22 Trimming details have gained in sophistication—the scarf collar.., the saddle shoulders and yoke collar that add so much to a frock.
1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 280/2 Saddle shoulder sleeve, sleeve with shoulder extended into neckline somewhat like raglan, but square-cut in ‘saddle’ effect.
1978 Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. (Detroit Suppl.) 21 (advt.) Crew neck pullover with saddle shoulder.
2005 Financial Times (Nexis) 2 July (FT Weekend) 7 Quietly confident suits nipped in at the waist with saddle shoulders and a fitted silhouette.
† saddle side n. Anatomy Obsolete rare the concave lower side of the liver.
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1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 1 The inward face of the Liuer which is the lower, is..hollow, vnequall, and is called the Simus or saddle side, that it may giue way to the stomacke strutting..with plenty of meat.
saddle skirt n. (usually in plural) a flap on either side of the saddle seat which covers the stirrup-bars; (also) the part of a horse's flank(s) covered by these.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle
saddle-boweOE
arsonc1300
saddle skirt1361
saddle-tree1364
skirtc1400
saddle panel1465
stock-tree1470
stock1497
pommela1500
tree1535
pillion cloth1540
port1548
saddle stock1548
pilch1552
bolster1591
cantle1591
shank-pilliona1599
pillowc1600
pad1604
crutch1607
sivet1607
saddle crutcha1614
saddle eaves1663
saddle tore1681
burr1688
head1688
narve1688
saddle seat1688
sidebar1688
torea1694
quarter1735
bands of a saddle1753
witherband1764
withers1764
peak1775
pillion-stick1784
boot-housing1792
saddle flap1798
saddle lap1803
fork1833
flap1849
horn1849
skirting1852
hunting-horn1854
head-plate1855
saddle horn1856
cantle bar1859
leaping-horn1859
straining1871
stirrup-bar1875
straining-leather1875
spring tree1877
leaping-head1881
officer-tree1894
monkey1911
monkey-strap1915
thigh roll1963
straining-web-
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg > hindleg > other parts of
saddle skirt1361
molair1566
instepc1720
gamba1842
1361 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 53 [A fardel] of baschers [called] sadleskirtes.
1581 W. Goodyear tr. J. de Cartigny Voy. Wandering Knight i. xiii. 50 (heading) Anone, he saw it sinke sodainly into the earth, and perceiued himselfe fast in the mire, vp to the saddle skirts.
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. xliv. 286 Of Wennes or Knobs growing about the saddle skirts.
1732 B. Le Stourgeon Compl. Univ. Hist. World 206/1 They serve on Horseback, and for offensive Arms they have..a Hatchet at the Saddle-skirt.
1844 J. H. Carleton Prairie Logbks. 22 Aug. (1983) 46 In crossing the Blue [River], his saddle skirts had hardly got wet.
2006 Monterey (Calif.) County Herald (Nexis) 2 Sept. The conventional stirrup..turns flat against the saddle. That means the rider is constantly torquing against this tendency to twist ‘home’ to the side of the saddle skirt.
saddle sore n. a sore caused by the chafing of a saddle.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > chafing or galling
gallc1440
navel-gall?1523
spur-galling1566
saddle boil1591
saddle bruise1591
shackle-gall1596
warble1607
pince1610
stickfast1610
saddle galla1637
spur-gall1655
collar-gall1684
saddle mark1687
holster-gall1689
navel-galling1691
gall-spot1713
warble tumour1805
saddle sore1873
1873 Chambers's Encycl. X. 744/1 A mixture of equal parts of sulphurous acid and water is highly recommended..as a healing agent..in ulcers, burns, bed-sores,..saddle-sores (whether of man or beast), [etc.].
1946 M. C. Self Horseman's Encycl. 354 Riders with bad seats will often give a horse saddle sores.
1962 C. Storr Lucy runs Away v. 26 I've ridden two miles... I've got saddle sores.
2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 12 Sept. c19/6 A doctor's prescription for a skin cream he said he used for saddle sores.
saddle-sore adj. chafed by a saddle.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > raw of flesh > galled or chafed
gallyc1440
excoriate?1543
excoriated1661
saddle-sore1853
the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [adjective] > in buttock
saddle-sore1853
1853 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 352 Faint and saddle-sore he felt..when once more he came in sight of the palace.
1956 R. Braddon Nancy Wake xv. 178 It's just that damned bicycle. I'm so saddle-sore I could die.
1975 Times 8 Feb. 10/5 What if riding pales and saddlesore guests seek other diversions?
2000 TVQuick 13 May 33/1 Pointless remake of the great Howard Hawks Western about a thousand-mile cattle drive which tests the saddlesore cowpokes as much as the beasts.
saddle soreness n. the quality or condition of being saddle-sore.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in buttock
saddle soreness1870
1870 Titusville (Pa.) Morning Herald 9 July Between foot-weariness and saddle-soreness, we were all desirous to change our method of locomotion.
1907 Daily Chron. 1 Mar. 7/5 Saddle soreness is provoked if every stroke of the pedals extends the leg to the utmost.
2000 P. Vincent Mountain Bike Maintenance 98/1 Symptom..Saddle soreness. Cause..Saddle not level/Wrong type of saddle.
† saddle-speck n. Obsolete = saddle mark n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > back or types of > mark caused by saddle
saddle spot1591
saddle-speck1685
saddle ring1694
1685 London Gaz. No. 2062/4 Lost a black Coach Mare.., hath a small Saddle-speck.
saddle spot n. = saddle mark n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > back or types of > mark caused by saddle
saddle spot1591
saddle-speck1685
saddle ring1694
1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. Av Marry if he bee onely coloured and without brands, they will straight spotte him by sundry pollicies, and in a blacke horse, marke saddle spots.
1668 London Gaz. No. 272/4 A Baye Mare, no white, save some Saddle spots.
1724 London Gaz. No. 6286/3 Stolen..a..Gelding..with Saddle Spots upon his Crest.
1897 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 17 Mar. 6 Strayed or stolen,..one black horse, with white saddle spots on back near the hips, about 15 hands high.
2004 CanberraTimes (Nexis) 7 Mar. Rub the white saddle spots, on a horse's back..with bacon grease, and it will restore its natural colour.
saddle-spotted adj. having a saddle spot or spots; consisting of a saddle spot or spots.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular shape of back > having blemished back
saddle-spotted1676
1676 London Gaz. No. 1098/4 Stolen.., a large brown bay Coach Gelding,..saddle-spotted.
1970 Jrnl. Herpetology 4 80 Four basically different chromotypes have been recorded in the Eastern coralsnake, Micrurus fulvius: (1) the normal pattern..(4) a saddle-spotted instead of a ringed pattern.
saddle stock n. †(a) = saddle-tree n. 1 (obsolete); (b) livestock used for riding.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle
saddle-boweOE
arsonc1300
saddle skirt1361
saddle-tree1364
skirtc1400
saddle panel1465
stock-tree1470
stock1497
pommela1500
tree1535
pillion cloth1540
port1548
saddle stock1548
pilch1552
bolster1591
cantle1591
shank-pilliona1599
pillowc1600
pad1604
crutch1607
sivet1607
saddle crutcha1614
saddle eaves1663
saddle tore1681
burr1688
head1688
narve1688
saddle seat1688
sidebar1688
torea1694
quarter1735
bands of a saddle1753
witherband1764
withers1764
peak1775
pillion-stick1784
boot-housing1792
saddle flap1798
saddle lap1803
fork1833
flap1849
horn1849
skirting1852
hunting-horn1854
head-plate1855
saddle horn1856
cantle bar1859
leaping-horn1859
straining1871
stirrup-bar1875
straining-leather1875
spring tree1877
leaping-head1881
officer-tree1894
monkey1911
monkey-strap1915
thigh roll1963
straining-web-
1548 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1911) IX. 225 For Ladye Barbarais sadill stok.
1618 Edinb. Test. L. f. 122v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Sadill Certane asche timber to be sadill stokis.
1860 Coshocton (Ohio) County Democrat 28 Mar. 2 The lookers after good saddle stock..are either too fastidious, or too well ‘posted’, to invest their money in the mongrel looking beasts.
1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy 17 Then the entire saddle stock was driven in, so as to be at hand in case a hasty change of mounts was required.
2005 Canad. Geographic (Nexis) Mar. 48 Dozens of wild horses.., most of which were auctioned for slaughter while some were sold as saddle stock.
saddle stone n. (a) Architecture the stone forming the angle at the summit of the coping of a gable; (b) a stone with a saddle-shaped depression in its surface; spec. the base stone in a saddle quern (cf. metate n.).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > gable > parts of
skew1789
thack-gate1825
saddle stone1843
1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 320/1 Modern gables too are generally awkwardly terminated at the eaves by..saddle-stones.
1890 Cent. Dict. Saddle-stone, an old name for a variety of stone containing saddle-shaped depressions. Also called ephippite.
1929 A. P. Usher Hist. Mech. Inventions iv. 103 The Egyptian woman grinding knelt behind the thicker end of the saddle stone which sloped away from her... Saddle stones are found among the remains of practically every primitive culture.
1932 G. M. Boumphrey Story of Wheel 42 The ‘saddle-stone’, which had a hollow face in which a smaller stone was rubbed backwards and forwards.
1997 P. Brett Illustr. Dict. Building 130 Saddle stone, a triangular-shaped stone used at the apex of a gable.
saddle stool n. (a) = saddle bracket n. (a); (b) a stool with a saddle-shaped seat.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > receptacle for saddle
saddle case1753
saddle bracket1844
saddle stool1856
saddle rack1860
saddle-tree1864
Montana tree1891
point1908
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 583/2 Hooks and saddle-stools, or brackets, for the saddles or harness.
1905 Massillon (Ohio) Independent 2 Mar. A high stool with a leather top like a saddle... He was a good deal more at home in the saddle than in the pulpit, so..the reverend gentleman had this saddle stool made.
2006 Sunday Times (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Home section) 6 Saddle stools—based on the healthy position your back adopts when horse riding—encourage good posture.
saddle strap n. (a) any of various straps attached to a saddle, esp. a strap linking the saddle girth to the saddle seat; (b) U.S. a strap across the instep of a shoe resembling a saddle in shape (see sense 11b).
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1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. at Dock [The Dock] is made fast by Straps to the Crupper, and has Leathern Thongs that pass between his Thighs, and along the Flanks to the Saddle Straps.
1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 29 June 2/5 Mr. S. Fletcher..has taken out a patent for improvements on saddles, and saddle straps, saddle girths, and saddle cloths.
1893 R. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker III. 140 The tin billys, and pint pots and jackshays, strung together by a saddle strap.
1919 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 29 June 20 Men's White Canvas Sport Oxfords With brown saddle straps, tips, lace stay and heel foxing.
2007 Times (Nexis) 12 Mar. (Features section) 2 As he tried to flee, his saddle strap snapped and he was thrown from his horse.
saddle string n. a leather thong or string used to attach things to a saddle.
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1828 Times 13 Mar. 4/2 The rope of his collar was fastened to the saddle string of the third horseman.
1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights (U.K. ed.) 102 My eyes filled with tears from the wind of our going. Saddle strings streamed behind.
2000 N.Y. Times 3 Jan. a18/1 I know ranch hands in Wyoming who never ride out without a loop of the stuff [sc. baling twine]..knotted to a saddle-string or a D-ring.
saddle tank n. (a) (in certain steam railway engines) a water tank that straddles the boiler; (also) a tank engine of this type (= saddle tank engine n.); (b) each of a pair of tanks attached on either side of an agricultural tractor.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > other types of steam locomotive
pilot1842
bogie engine1843
saddle tank1871
saddle tank engine1888
prairie1900
single1901
1871 Young Gentleman's Ann. Dec. 28 Other engines of this class [sc. tank-engines], however, carry their water in a tank (called a saddle-tank) which rests on the top of the boiler.
1950 H. C. Webster Railways for All ix. 83 Frequently such locomotives carry the water in tanks fitted on top of the boiler and are therefore termed ‘saddle tanks’.
1988 Farm & Country 24 May 37/5 (advt.) For sale. A 2–105 white tractor, cab, saddle tanks and sprayer.
1999 Independent 3 Aug. ii. 2 (caption) A volunteer at Didcot Rail Centre welds the saddle tank of a..locomotive.
2003 New Yorker 17 Feb. 156/2 His twin saddle tanks, one on either side of the tractor, could hold three hundred gallons.
saddle tank engine n. (also saddle tank locomotive) a small steam railway engine having a saddle tank.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > other types of steam locomotive
pilot1842
bogie engine1843
saddle tank1871
saddle tank engine1888
prairie1900
single1901
1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Saddle Tank Engine, a locomotive engine in which the water tank envelops the top and sides of the boiler.
1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 84/1 A four-wheel saddle-tank engine, employed in construction work only, she vanished from the Central and probably ended her lofty career on one of the Northern roads.
1989 Miller's Collectables Price Guide 1989–90 432 A gauge O clockwork model of the MR 4–4–0 saddle tank locomotive by Bing,..1923.
saddle thrombus n. Medicine = saddle embolus n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > vascular disorders > [noun] > embolism > an embolism
embolus1876
air embolism1877
embolon1878
embolism1902
thromboembolus1927
saddle thrombus1933
saddle embolus1935
1933 Ann. Surg. 98 262 At about the point of bifurcation of the deep and superficial femoral is a constricted portion with a saddle thrombus which shows beginning organization.
1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. xiii. 39 Aortoiliac thromboembolic disease (saddle thrombi) produces an acute onset of paraplegic LMN syndrome.
† saddle tore n. [tore n.1 2] Obsolete rare = saddle-bow n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle
saddle-boweOE
arsonc1300
saddle skirt1361
saddle-tree1364
skirtc1400
saddle panel1465
stock-tree1470
stock1497
pommela1500
tree1535
pillion cloth1540
port1548
saddle stock1548
pilch1552
bolster1591
cantle1591
shank-pilliona1599
pillowc1600
pad1604
crutch1607
sivet1607
saddle crutcha1614
saddle eaves1663
saddle tore1681
burr1688
head1688
narve1688
saddle seat1688
sidebar1688
torea1694
quarter1735
bands of a saddle1753
witherband1764
withers1764
peak1775
pillion-stick1784
boot-housing1792
saddle flap1798
saddle lap1803
fork1833
flap1849
horn1849
skirting1852
hunting-horn1854
head-plate1855
saddle horn1856
cantle bar1859
leaping-horn1859
straining1871
stirrup-bar1875
straining-leather1875
spring tree1877
leaping-head1881
officer-tree1894
monkey1911
monkey-strap1915
thigh roll1963
straining-web-
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem i. 14 Without a Pistol at each side: And without other two before, One at either Saddle Tore.
saddle tramp n. North American slang a vagrant who travels by horse.
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1922 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 5 June 7 [They] call themselves ‘Saddle Tramps’... One thousand miles on horseback..was the journey begun Thursday by K. W. Burton..and John E. Figley... The pair will rough it along the way.
1962 E. Lucia Klondike Kate 7 Most of them [sc. prostitutes] led wretched lives,..attached to gamblers, card sharps..saddle tramps, gun-slingers and rogues.
1979 Radio Times 5 May 23/2 Kirk Douglas back on the range for King Vidor, in the one about the saddle tramp up against the barbed wire.
2007 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 22 Apr. g4 The teenager [sc. Billy the Kid] spent the next two years traipsing around the mining camps, gambling, stealing horses and working as a saddle tramp.
saddle vein n. Mining and Geology = saddle reef n.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > vein > curving
saddle1860
saddle reef1860
saddle vein1935
1935 B. Stočes & C. H. White Structural Geol. 293 Saddle veins are filled openings..which were similarly formed in the arches and troughs of folded beds.
1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 314/3 Saddle veins are lens-shaped, concave below and convex above.
2005 Jrnl. Afr. Earth Sci. 41 243/1 Saddle veins, parallel to fold axes, were observed in areas of folded interbedded sandstones and shales.
saddle wire n. †(a) Telegraphy the wire running along the tops of telegraph posts (obsolete rare); (b) Bookbinding a wire staple passed through the back fold of a single gathering; usually attributive.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > [noun] > line
wire1813
line1847
wire line1848
loop1863
landline1865
saddle wire1876
telephone line1877
concentric cable1888
Pupin cable1904
multiple twin1922
quad1922
twisted pair1923
star quad1927
music line1929
coaxial cable1934
coax1945
society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > back > fastenings in back
headband1611
band1699
raised bands1833
slip1875
saddle wire1876
1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 253 The most important circuit is generally worked upon the saddle wire.
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 2) at Stitch Saddle wire stitch, or saddleback stitch, in which the center of the fold is placed across the saddle in the machine, and wire staples are driven through and clinched on the inside.
1967 V. Strauss Printing Industry x. 659/1 Saddle wire stitching produces a completely flat-opening book.
1996 LI Business News (Nexis) 28 Oct. 29 The company manufactured bookbinding equipment, and the first machine it produced was a hand-fed saddle wire stitcher.
saddle-wired adj. Bookbinding bound with saddle wires.
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [adjective] > wire-stitched or wire-stitching
wire-stitching1881
wire-stitched1920
saddle-wired1924
1924 Music Supervisors' Jrnl. 11 27 Pamphlet: 64 pages, saddle-wired, bound in pearl board.
1967 R. R. Karch & E. J. Buber Graphic Arts Procedures: Offset Processes xii. 492 Saddle-wired books lie flat when open, and may be folded upon themselves.
1984 Jrnl. Consumer Res. 10 (end matter) A separate copy of both indices, bound in a saddle-wired, two-color cover.
saddle pad n. (a) a soft pad upon which a rider sits when riding; = pad n.2 2a; (b) a pad which is placed under the saddle to prevent chafing; = pad n.2 3a.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > cart-saddle > cushion or pad
pad1604
saddle pad1750
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > types of saddle
mail-saddle1360
trotter-saddle1381
panel1393
loadsaddle1397
packsaddle1398
limber-saddle1480
pillion1480
side-saddle1493
steel saddle1503
pilgate1511
mail pillowc1532
stock-saddle1537
pad1556
sunk1568
trunk-saddle1569
soda1586
mail pillion1586
running saddle1596
Scotch saddle1596
postilion saddle1621
pad-saddle1622
portmanteau-saddle1681
watering saddle1681
cart-saddle1692
demi-pique1695
crook-saddle1700
saddle pad1750
recado1825
aparejo1844
mountain saddle1849
somerset1851
pilch1863
cowboy saddle1880
sawbuck (pack)saddle1881
western saddle1883
cross-saddle1897
centre-fire1921
McClellan1940
poley1957
1750 J. Hempstead Diary 30 Mar. (1998) 534 I mended my old Sadle pad.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 82/1 An old sack..is folded up as a saddle-pad.
1896 J. McDougall Saddle, Sled & Snowshoe xiv. 155 Then I dressed, and putting a saddle-pad on, rode her [sc. a mare] all the afternoon.
2007 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 19 Apr. (Features section) 19 The old Aussie saddle blanket was usually an old grey army blanket doubled over, whereas the western has a thick saddle pad under it.

Derivatives

ˈsaddle-like adj.
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1599 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 623 Vpon the Northeast side..going by the chanell you shal see certaine hilles eighteene or twentie leagues long lying Northeast and Southwest being all saddle-like.
1784 J. King Cook's Voy. Pacific III. vi. iii. 238 On each side of this break the land is quite low; beyond the opening rises a remarkable saddle-like hill.
1891 Cent. Dict. 5297/2 Saddleback,..the larva of the bombycid moth Empretia stimulea: so called on account of the saddle-like markings on the back.
1986 D. Potter Singing Detective ii. 77 Philip..is once again securely lodged in the saddle-like cleft of the upper branches of the tall old oak.
2006 Art Bull. (Nexis) 1 Sept. 590 Note especially the saddlelike appearance of the top of Augustus's head in profile view.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† saddlen.2

Forms: pre-1700 sadill, pre-1700 1800s saidle, 1700s saddle.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: settle n.1
Etymology: Variant of settle n.1 (compare forms at that entry). Compare langsettle n. and forms at that entry.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A type of chair or seat; a bench, a settle. Chiefly as the second element in compounds. saddle curule n. [translating classical Latin sella curūlis] the curule chair (see curule adj. 1).Apparently an isolated use.Recorded earliest in langsadill, variant of langsettle n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > bench > [noun] > settle
langsettle1352
saddle1489
settle1553
by-settle1602
settle-chair1688
settle-bench1740
1489–90 Protocol Bk. J. Young (Sc. Rec. Soc.) (1952) 75 [A] langsadill [L. sedile].
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. iii. 47 He cled him with riche & riall abilȝementis, þat he was wourthy to sett in þe sadill curall.
1631–2 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1852) V. 149 For a trunk saidle with the furniture thairto.
1717 in Trans. Bnff. Field Club (1932) 177 Causeys, closs, and saddleseat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

saddlev.

Brit. /ˈsad(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈsæd(ə)l/, South African English /ˈsæd(ə)l/
Forms: Old English sadelian, Old English sadilian, Old English sadolian, early Middle English sadeli (west midlands), early Middle English sadelie (west midlands), Middle English saddull, Middle English saddyll, Middle English sadele, Middle English sadil, Middle English sadille, Middle English sadul, Middle English sadulle, Middle English sadyll, Middle English–1500s sadyl, Middle English–1600s sadel, Middle English–1600s sadle, late Middle English saddull (in a late copy), 1500s sadell, 1500s– saddle; Scottish pre-1700 sadel, pre-1700 sadill, pre-1700 sadle, pre-1700 sadyl, pre-1700 1700s– saddle, pre-1700 1900s– saidle, 1800s saddel, 1800s saiddle. N.E.D. (1909) also records a form late Middle English sadylle.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch sādelen (Dutch zadelen ), Middle Low German sādelen , Old High German satulōn , satalōn (Middle High German satelen , sateln , German satteln ), Old Icelandic sǫðla , Old Swedish saþla (Swedish sadla ), Old Danish sathlæ (Danish sadle ) < the Germanic base of saddle n.1In to saddle off at Phrasal verbs after Dutch afzadelen (see off-saddle v.); compare earlier off-saddle v.
I. Senses related to the action of placing a saddle on a horse or other animal.
1.
a. transitive. To put a saddle upon (a horse or other animal).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > saddle
saddleOE
panel1530
to saddle up1587
empannel1620
resaddle1787
side-saddle1795
pillion1929
OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 165 Sterno ic strewige oððe sadilige hors oððe ic beddige.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 6743 Fortiger hæhte his sweines sadeli his blonken.
c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 715 (MED) Horn sadelede his stede.
c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 757 (MED) Beues let sadlen is ronsi.
c1475 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 38 (MED) Quen Sir Amadace hade etun, To sadulle his horse was noȝte forȝetun.
1485 Device Coronation Henry VII in W. Jerdan Rutland Papers (1842) 4 A spare coursar lad in hand..sadlet with a saddell of estate.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Moses xxii. 4 Then rose Balaam vp in the mornynge, & sadled his Asse.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvii. 956 Some few of the horses kept their standing still unaffrighted, and even those they had much ado to saddle, to bridle, and to mount upon.
1684 R. Baxter Catholick Communion 45 It was such ignorant Doctors that saddled the Horse, and held the Stirrup while the Pope got up.
1711 Sir Eger 1437 The ostler saw him bown to fare, Saddled his horse and made him yare.
1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 87 Uprose the king..And saddled strait his coal-black steed.
1839 W. Irving Mountjoy in Knickerbocker Mag. Nov. 412 I almost determined..to..saddle my horse, and ride off.
1861 Harper's Mag. Oct. 603/1 I saddled my mule, drank a cup of coffee, and ate some bread and venison.
1902 Amer. Anthropologist 4 729 He saddled the sleek little cow and insisted on my riding her back to the city.
1969 Times 15 Oct. 15/1 As one of the competitors remounted after saddling her pony..she fell off.
2005 Antigonish Rev. Spring 189 They drank their coffee, saddled their horses and rode to the summer range.
†b. transitive. figurative. To put something on (an object, etc.) in the manner of a saddle. Frequently in to saddle a person's nose (with spectacles) and variants. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
c1425 Serm. (BL Add.) in G. Cigman Lollard Serm. (1989) 9 Vertues ennorneþ þe soule... And so we muste to hem applie oure backes boþe of bodi and of soule, and be sadelid wiþ here hooli techynge.
1653 W. Hemings Fatal Contract Saddle her nose with spectacles, or else Shee'l miss her way to the infernall pit.
1695–6 J. Locke Let. 27 Jan. in J. Locke & E. Clarke Corr. (1927) 435 They seem to me to saddle their noses with strange spectacles who cannot see a thing so plain and so long before their eyes, till just the moment that it is too late.
1706 E. Ward Poems Diverse Subj. III. 372 Smile to see the Clark his Looks Compose, And Saddle, with his Spectacles, his Nose.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. (at cited word) To saddle,..to furnish, as to saddle a spit.
1789 J. O'Keeffe Highland Reel i. ii. 17 Shel. The letter, Sir—. M'Gil. Seems a small running hand. Shel. Running! then saddle your nose, and run after it... [Stage direct.] (Puts on his spectacles) and reads.
1855 H. M. Stephens Hagar the Martyr 238 He had jocosely fitted Miss Pinchin's turban upon his head, and saddled his nose with her spectacles.
†c. intransitive. To accustom a colt to the saddle. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (intransitive)] > break horses
saddle1655
1655 Markham's Perfect Horseman 19 (heading) When to Saddle.
d. transitive. To enter (a horse that one has trained) in a race.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > enter horse for race
start1732
run1797
nominate1859
saddle1884
1884 Times 31 May 8/3 Visitors to the paddock were greatly impressed with the appearance of Busybody, who was saddled by her trainer and jockey (T. Cannon).
1928 Daily Mail 25 July 14/2 Scott will not saddle Lamintone for the Church House Handicap Plate (2.30) at Liverpool.
1947 Sun (Baltimore) 11 June 17/4 Palmer Sowers, of Washington, saddled two winners on the program and might have made it three had not Jockey J. Keenan lost a stirrup in the final drive of the second race.
1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 32/3 Trainer Glen Magnusson..saddled three successive winners.
2004 Racing Post 7 May 16/5 The man who saddled Unbridled to win the 1990 Run for the Roses.
2. intransitive. To put a saddle on a horse (or other animal); (also) to get into the saddle. Cf. to saddle up at Phrasal verbs. Chiefly North American in later use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (intransitive)] > saddle
saddlea1425
upsaddle1838
resaddle1897
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > mount
worthOE
mountc1330
lighta1450
horse1535
to get up1553
to get on1613
to take horse1617
saddle1834
to saddle up1849
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 3 Kings xiii. 13 He seide to hise sones, ‘Sadle ȝe an asse to me.’ And whanne thei hadden sadlid, he stiede and ȝede after the man of God.
1644 J. Vernon Young Horse-man 7 It is requisite that the Troop be distinctly taught to know the severall sounds of the Trumpet, as when to saddle, when to mount, when to repaire to their standard.
1834 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara I. vii. 229 We dressed ourselves..and saddled at three p.m.
1843 P. St. G. Cooke Let. 26 Oct. in Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 12 (1925) 252 The Mexicans saddled and mounted at my approach.
1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting ii. 33 We saddled and went in pursuit.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. i. 61 Ay, every churl who owns a manor, if he dares—must needs arm and saddle, and levy war.
a1882 D. G. Rossetti tr. G. A. Bürger Lenore in Wks. (1911) 503 Till the dead midnight we saddled not.
1943 D. S. Lavender One Man's West ii. viii. 130 Without talk we saddled and galloped toward the Wire Corral.
1963 R. Moody Dry Divide xiv. 178 I called to Paco again, telling him to stay where he was until I'd saddled and mounted.
1991 T. Goodrich Bloody Dawn vi. 66 A child was forbidden by his father to saddle and ride to the town.
†3. transitive. To ride or bestride (an animal). Frequently in extended use: to sit or lie astride; to straddle. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)]
sit1542
saddle1551
carry1613
endorsea1637
set1648
1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. xviijv Take that benefyce to you (sayth he to the priest) but saddle nomore the nonne.
1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Miiij Vpon Alhallow ene, Quhen our gude nichtbors rydis..Some sadland a sho ape,..Some hotcheand on a hemp stalk.
1598 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. X2v No maruell then, the bridle being left in their owne [sc. the wives'] hands, though sometimes they be saddled, and their husbands know not.
1714 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 184 Its lower Leaves are like the Garden Poppy, which higher saddle or ride the Stalk.
1716 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 355 These Leaves are round, somewhat bristle-edged, grow alternate and saddle the Stalk.
1858 H. D. Rogers Geol. Pennsylvania I. 389 The sandstone does not occupy the synclinal axis between the fourth anticlinal and the mountain, and the belt therefore merely receives a flexure as it saddles it.
4. transitive. To subject to control, to restrain; to harness. Chiefly in extended metaphor as, to saddle and bridle. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > bring under control
temec897
subdue1483
subjugate?1518
to hold or have in leash1564
school1579
to saddle and bridle1646
to grab (also take) by the balls1934
1646 H. Parker Irish Massacre 3 At other times and most constantly it [sc. Popery] saddles and bridles the people for both Priests and Princes satisfaction.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 383 He never would believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.
1861 H. Martineau Let. 25 Nov. in Autobiogr. (1877) 512 It is inconceivable that..a handful of monopolists will be permitted to saddle and bridle the industrial majority.
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 133 The cover [of the kettle] was chattering with the escaping steam, which had thus vainly begged of all men to be saddled and bridled, till James Watt one day happened to overhear it.
1876 Appleton's Jrnl. 20 May 651/1 A vague prescience hinted of a shapeless doom beyond the purple mystery, which had saddled and harnessed its splendors for my service.
1893 Electr. Engineer 11 309 They are expected to undertake original researches, and to push our knowledge in certain directions far beyond anything that can at once be saddled and harnessed by the engineer.
1929 Music & Lett. 10 324 Writing is only thinking saddled and bridled and ready for a good gallop.
1949 New Times (Moscow) 3 Aug. 28/2 It made it its aim to saddle and bridle the workers' movement, to prevent it from developing along revolutionary, Marxist lines.
5.
a. transitive. To load with a burden; to encumber (a person, group, etc.) with something as a burden or responsibility. Frequently in passive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > carry > carry on back or shoulders > put on back to be carried
saddle1693
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > accuse of or charge with
tee871
upbraidc1000
acoupc1300
retc1300
becalla1325
charge138.
impeachc1380
putc1380
blamea1400
appeach1430
gredea1450
articlea1460
filea1500
slander1504
to lay to one's charge1535
aggravate1541
to charge (a person) with1559
reproach1570
attaint1586
impute1596
censure1634
arraign1672
saddle1794
inculpate1799
society > morality > duty or obligation > [verb (transitive)] > impose (a duty) on someone > burden (a person) with duties
encumbera1593
encharge1640
saddle1895
1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires v. 68 The Slaves thy Baggage pack; Each saddled, with his Burden on his back.
1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband i. i. 12 His Estate,..was left him, saddled with two Joyntures, and two weighty Mortgages upon it.
1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 162 But Mr. Justice..saddles the parish with whatever burthen he thinks proper.
1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 29 I'll saddle him with this scrape.
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) III. ix. 295 The earnest wish of Scott and Ballantyne to saddle the publisher of the new poem with part of their old ‘quire stock’.
1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 244 We are perhaps inclined to saddle Scott unconsciously with the sins of a later generation.
1895 Law Times Rep. 73 691/1 Otherwise a testator would be able to saddle people with duties of an onerous description.
1907 E. von Arnim Fräulein Schmidt iii. 12 It would have been truly deplorable if his year in Germany had saddled him with a German wife from a circle beneath his own.
1925 Times 13 May 13/4 Local funds should not be saddled with the responsibility of providing..danger signals.
1973 P. Arnold & C. Davis Hamlyn Bk. World Soccer 77/2 Most top clubs were saddled with gangs of vicious, youthful supporters..more interested in the ‘bovver’ they could cause than in the game itself.
2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 215 Many salarymen were saddled with enormous mortgages on apartments that had lost 80% of their value.
†b. transitive. To secure (a person) for a burdensome task. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > bind by a promise > secure for a burdensome task
saddle1777
1777 W. Combe Diaboliad 14 (note) It is not uncommon for an avaricious Father to saddle a younger Brother for a maintenance on the elder, especially if he has a place.
1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 25 Oct. (1939) 256 Sotheby..endeavoured to saddle me for a review of his polyglot Virgil.
6. transitive. To put (a burden) on or upon a person, group, etc.; to impose (something) as a burden or responsibility.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > encumber > burden > cause to fall as a burden (upon)
devolve1601
saddle1729
lumber1924
to drop, throw, etc., (something) in someone's lap1962
1729 Robin's Panegyrick 82 If this Load of Corruption ought to be saddled upon him as the original Cause of it, how shall I defend him?
1768 F. Macleod Answers for Mrs. Florence Macleod 12 The whole of her former annuity..not payable by those who got the benefit of the assignation, but saddled entirely upon her own children.
1793 N. Douglas Thoughts on Mod. Politics iii. 189 Why should this additional burden be saddled upon the nation, without necessity, and contrary to law.
1808 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. XIV. 547 The men..who, if they serve us but for a few years, are saddled upon our devoted ass-like backs for life.
1812 Sporting Mag. 40 153 I should not wonder if that Bully Mitchell saddles this poisoning upon me.
1845 Times 25 July 7/2 Paddy is endeavouring..to shift the responsibility from himself and saddle it on the broad shoulders of John Bull.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet III. xxii. 248 I found her only too eager to marry anyone upon whom she could saddle her debts.
1927 Amer. Mercury Jan. 13/1 Let us attempt to measure the task we have saddled upon him.
1973 Scotsman 13 Feb. 9/3 Continuous assessment has been saddled on us.
2006 Roanoke (Va.) Times (Nexis) 8 Mar. b8 These assets are exchanged for debt saddled upon the company.
7. transitive. To attach in the manner of a saddle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > attach or affix [verb (transitive)] > after the manner of a saddle or yoke
saddle1831
stick1841
yokea1849
1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 303 The nests were fixed to a horizontal bough, but were not saddled upon it so deeply as those of the Wood Thrush are.
1870 H. C. Angell Treat. Dis. Eye v. 94 I had two little ice-bags constructed and connected by a bridge..to be saddled across the nose.
1881 Amer. Naturalist 15 217 Our nest..was saddled to a horizontal limb after the fashion of our wood pewee.
1940 Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 176. 321 It was about 30 feet from the ground, saddled on a horizontal branch of a maple over the trail.
2000 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 24 Sept. 15 d Two white eggs in a woven nest of plant down... Nest is saddled to the branch of a tree.
II. Senses relating to the form or shape of a saddle.
†8. transitive. To bend into the shape of a saddle. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [verb (transitive)] > curve downwards in middle
sag1755
saddle1791
1791 ‘A. Pasquin’ Treat. Cribbage v. 94 Saddling the Cards... This is bending the sixes, sevens, eights, and nines in the middle long ways, with the sides downwards.
1880 Standard 10 Dec. Walls are cracked and roofs ‘saddled’ in every direction.
9.
†a. transitive. Masonry. To shape (a joint) so as to direct rainwater away from the mortar (see saddle joint n. 3a). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > lay stones or bricks [verb (transitive)] > join
saddle1823
mortar-
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 311 A process by workmen called saddling the joints.
1875 Notes Building Constr. I. iv. 55 Sometimes the stones are left a little high at the joints between them... This is called ‘saddling the joints’, and is intended to throw the water off them.
b. transitive. Woodworking. To shape (a piece of wood) so as to allow it to slot into or overlap with another; to join (logs, etc.) using this technique; see saddle notch n. at saddle n.1 Compounds 4.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > join
joinc1386
table1794
saddle1857
1857 H. E. Bishop Floral Home 139 The logs are notched at each end, upon the under side, ‘Saddled’ or ridged upon the upper, and piled up cob-house fashion.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 3 Sept. 2/1 These consist of one log laid upon another, saddled in at the corners.
1941 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 10 Mar. 17 Linus Greer hadn't notched and saddled his logs one against the other but laid them full end on end and pinned.
2006 Toronto Star (Nexis) 18 Nov. n12 The logs are hand-hewn, from the cutting to..the corners being sawed and the layers of logs saddled.

Phrasal verbs

With adverbs in specialized senses. to saddle off
South African. Now rare.
transitive and intransitive. To unsaddle (a horse), esp. in order to rest; = off-saddle v.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > saddle > unsaddle
unsaddle1382
unpanel1620
to saddle off1835
off-saddle1849
1835 J. W. D. Moodie Ten Years S. Afr. I. 65 He..asked us if we would ‘saddle off’ our horses.
1839 W. C. Harris Wild Sports S. Afr. 329 The mention of ‘Sillekat's land’, while it elicited an oath, and an exclamation of surprise, procured me also an invitation to ‘saddle off’.
1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River (1971) 259 He had not met with any game, and after some hours' search, had saddled off his horse to let it graze.
1881 A. Douglass Ostrich Farming S. Afr. 203 When travelling, if the horse is saddled off every two hours, even if only for a few minutes,..he will seldom hurt in South Africa.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 418 Saddle off, To, see Off-saddle.
 to saddle up
1. transitive. To put a saddle on (a horse or other animal); cf. sense 1a. Also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > saddle
saddleOE
panel1530
to saddle up1587
empannel1620
resaddle1787
side-saddle1795
pillion1929
1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 69v He sadled vp his horse, and roade in post away.
1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table 206 What needs the Writer saddle up his Horse.
1734 R. Tatersal Bricklayer's Misc. (ed. 2) 31 I'd saddle up my little Nag, and ride, Thro' shady Groves.
1867 Harper's Mag. Feb. 341/2 The Texan called out Hark, and sent him on to the stable to saddle up the best two horses there.
1901 Daily Chron. 27 Aug. 5/5 I then asked him to saddle-up my horse while I was dressing.
1989 Cycle Oct. 32/2 We saddled up..two big-bore Japanese cruisers.
1991 Callaloo 14 34 Our task was to saddle up two horses and to herd the rest down ten miles or so of dirt roads.
2. intransitive (a) To put a saddle on a horse or other animal; (also in extended use) to prepare to do something; cf. sense 2; (b) (originally South African and Australian) to get into the saddle, to mount.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > mount
worthOE
mountc1330
lighta1450
horse1535
to get up1553
to get on1613
to take horse1617
saddle1834
to saddle up1849
1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 12 Another term of Colonial import is that of ‘saddling-up’, and ‘off-saddling’... When you wish to depart, your order is to ‘saddle-up’.
1866 J. E. Cooke Surry of Eagle's-nest xxv. 93 As no attack was expected, all were unsaddled, and they were compelled to seize the equipments with their honey-covered hands, and saddle up in hot haste.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 206 Bothwell, myself, and the six troopers, saddled up and departed.
1925 D. Kidd Essent. Kafir (ed. 2) 9 After a short rest, we ‘saddle up’ and continue our journey.
1928 D. Belasco Girl of Golden West iii, in Six Plays 385 Ashby's after Johnson! He was watching that horse—took him ten minutes to saddle up. Johnson has ten minutes' start.
1967 King's Cross Whisper (Sydney) No. 39. 4/4 Saddle up, prepare for work, get into harness.
1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 24 Mar. c18 If Rodney had been like most cyclists..he would have saddled up and vanished.
1987 E. Newby Round Ireland in Low Gear (1988) iv. 57 People were beginning to saddle up and mount now.
2002 Agric. Hist. 76 257 Maurice and Robert were directed to saddle up and ride to the dam.

Compounds

† saddle-goose n. Obsolete (a nickname for) a fool.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun]
dizzyc825
cang?c1225
foolc1225
apec1330
mopc1330
saddle-goosec1346
mis-feelinga1382
foltc1390
mopec1390
fona1400
buffardc1430
fopc1440
joppec1440
fonda1450
fondlinga1450
insipienta1513
plume of feathers1530
bobolynec1540
dizzard1546
Little Witham?1548
nodc1563
dawkin1565
cocknel1566
nigion1570
niddicock1577
nodcock1577
cuckoo1581
Jack with the feather1581
niddipol1582
noddyship?1589
stirkc1590
fonkin1591
Gibraltar1593
fopper1598
noddypeak1598
coxcombry1600
simple1600
gowka1605
nup1607
fooliaminy1608
silly ass1608
dosser-head1612
dor1616
glow-worm1624
liripipea1625
doodle1629
sop1637
spalt1639
fool's head1650
buffle1655
Jack Adams1656
bufflehead1659
nincompoopc1668
bavian1678
nokes1679
foolanea1681
cod1699
hulver-head1699
nigmenog1699
single ten1699
mud1703
dowf1722
foolatum1740
silly billy1749
tommy noddy1774
arsec1785
nincom1800
silly1807
slob1810
omadhaun1818
potwalloper1820
mosy1824
amadan1825
gump1825
gype1825
oonchook1825
prawn1845
suck-egg1851
goosey1852
nowmun1854
pelican1856
poppy-show1860
buggerlugs1861
damfool1881
mudhead1882
yob1886
peanut head1891
haggis bag1892
poop1893
gazob1906
mush1906
wump1908
zob1911
gorm1912
goof1916
goofus1916
gubbins1916
dumb cluck1922
twat1922
B.F.1925
goofer1925
bird brain1926
berk1929
Berkeley1929
Berkeley Hunt1929
ding1929
loogan1929
stupido1929
poop-stick1930
nelly1931
droop1932
diddy1933
slappy1937
goof ball1938
get1940
poon1940
tonk1941
clot1942
yuck1943
possum1945
gobdaw1947
momo1953
nig-nog1953
plonker1955
weenie1956
nong-nong1959
Berkshire Hunt1960
balloon1965
doofus1965
dork1965
nana1965
shit-for-brains1966
schmoll1967
tosspot1967
lunchbox1969
doof1971
tonto1973
dorkus1979
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
wally1980
wally brain1981
der-brain1983
langer1983
numpty1985
sotong1988
fanny1995
fannybaws2000
c1346 in J. Jönsjö Stud. Middle Eng. Nicknames (1979) 154 (MED) Sim. Sadilgos.
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Fiv Sym sadylgose was my syer and dawcocke my dame.
† saddle nag n. Obsolete a stable boy, a groom.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > groom
palfreyman1297
horse-knavec1300
palfreyour1301
hostlera1450
ostlerc1449
stable groomc1485
palfrenier1490
equerry1552
jack-boy1562
horse-boy1563
custrel1577
ostleress1639
saddle nag1647
syce1650
groom1667
pad-groom1743
stable-boy1745
stableman1745
mehtar1828
strapper1828
lad1848
stable-lad1856
mafoo1863
ostler boy1864
swipe1929
1647 J. Hall Poems i. 7 Who would employ his Sadle-nagg to come And hold a trencher in the Dining-roome?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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