单词 | side-saddle |
释义 | side-saddlen. A saddle on which the rider sits with both legs on the same side (usually the left) of the horse, typically used by a female rider wearing a skirt.Modern side-saddles are fitted with horns or crutches to support and give a hold to the knees of the rider, who sits facing forward with one (usually the right) knee raised. ΘΚΠ 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 1493 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 164 Inprimis sol. Willelmo Burton pro emendacione unius syd saddyll quæ fuit dominæ Markyndfeld, 5d. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxiiii Wylliam Coffin Master of the Horses leadyng a spare horse with a syde saddle. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 65 King Richard tooke to wife Anne daughter to the King of Boheme, that first brought hither the riding vpon side saddles. 1630 G. Hakewill Apologie (ed. 2) iii. x. 273 The vse of hoppes in our drinke, of riding in coaches, and of side-saddles, but since the time of Richard the 2 here with vs. 1661 S. Pepys Diary 17 Sept. (1970) II. 180 So I went..to take leave. And of Mr. Townsend did borrow a very fine side-saddle for my wife. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 341 My Side Saddle is the first that was ever seen in this part of the World. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 8 July 105 She has twenty covers for side-saddles. 1823 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 228 Nobody has hinted at a side-saddle or wheeled vehicle for me. 1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia II. 176 We remounted our side-saddles and galloped homewards. 1880 in Mrs. P. O'Donoghue Ladies on Horseback 266 Being able to sit square and ride straight on a side-saddle. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 988/2 The lady's side-saddle when first fully developed had two heads or pommels. 1990 Old Country Life (Ormiston, Queensland) 4 Oct. 57/1 Side-saddles are becoming popular again for eventing and pleasure riding. 2009 Times-Tribune (Corbin, Kentucky) 23 Sept. 4/6 Mr. Martin met us to help me down from the side-saddle. Compounds C1. General attributive, as side-saddle fashion, side-saddle rider, side-saddle riding, side-saddle shoulders, etc. ΚΠ 1575 R. B. Apius & Virginia sig. Bijv With bobbing and bum, Our syde saddle shoulders shal sheilde that doth come. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 66v The meaner countrie wenches of the westerne parts doe yet ride astride, as all other English folke vsed before R. the 2. wife brought in the side saddle fashion. 1788 W. Cowper Let. 19 Apr. (1982) III. 150 He thenceforth rode behind in the side-saddle fashion with both legs on a side, and thus they proceeded 'till they came near to Oxford. 1795 R. B. Sheridan Camp ii. ii. 20 Their Ladies in their regimentals..[would] form a troop of side-saddle cavalry if there was any hopes of an invasion. 1836 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 5 Mar. 47/1 She had insisted on being taken up something in the side-saddle fashion. 1893 A. M. Hayes (title) The horsewoman: a practical guide to side-saddle riding. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 23 Aug. 8/2 I started in the Haute Ecole, as a side-saddle rider. 1916 Harness Jan. 16/1 (heading) New ‘safety first’ side saddle skirt. 1969 Art. Bull. 51 265/2 The Western, sidesaddle pose of Christ in the Entry. 2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 24 Mar. 4 The world's only side-saddle race, the Dianas of the Chase, was held yesterday at Ingarsby Old Hall in Leicestershire. C2. side-saddle flower n. (a) a pitcher plant of the American genus Sarracenia; (b) (in full Californian side-saddle flower) the California pitcher plant, Darlingtonia californica.The reason for the name is not entirely clear; it may refer to the shape of the petals, but various authors refer to the stigma or the leaf. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > insectivorous plants > [noun] > pitcher-plants distillatory plant1707 side-saddle flower1718 nepenthes1754 Sarracenia1786 monkey-cup1810 pitcher plant1810 Indian cup1823 nepenth1846 water pitcher1847 huntsman's cup1848 side-saddle plant1861 trumpet-leaf1861 trumpet1884 1718 R. Bradley New Improvem. Planting & Gardening: Pt. 3 263 The Side-Saddle Flower is a Plant growing in Virginia and Carolina. 1829 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. xxviii. 157 This plant is found in swamps; its common name, Side-saddle flower, is given in reference to the form of its leaf. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 384/1 The only species,..known as the Californian Side-saddle flower or Pitcher-plant, is a perennial herb growing in marshy places. 1912 Twentieth Cent. Encycl. at Sarraceniaceæ The Sarracenia, or Waterpitcher, or Side-saddle flower family..consist of perennial herbs, growing about mud-lakes from Labrador to Florida. 2001 L. Kershaw et al. Rare Vascular Plants Alberta 113 Other common names for this unusual plant include side-saddle flower, Indian pipe and frog's trousers. side-saddle plant n. = side-saddle flower n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > insectivorous plants > [noun] > pitcher-plants distillatory plant1707 side-saddle flower1718 nepenthes1754 Sarracenia1786 monkey-cup1810 pitcher plant1810 Indian cup1823 nepenth1846 water pitcher1847 huntsman's cup1848 side-saddle plant1861 trumpet-leaf1861 trumpet1884 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 182 They may be seen in the Pitcher plants..in the Side-saddle plant..and in many others. 2011 N. C. Johnson Nature Displaced, Nature Displayed vi. 204 In the case of the Darlingtonia californica, the Californian side-saddle plant,..some insects were lured into the pitcher to feed off the plant without being devoured. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). side-saddlev. transitive. To put a side-saddle on (a horse); to ride (a horse) side-saddle. Now more usually intransitive: to ride side-saddle. 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 1795 R. Tickell in R. B. Sheridan Camp Prol. Side-saddle my horse! ah, lace my stays! 1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 9 Aug. 94/1 We meet no fiercer creature than a donkey, side-saddled to carry some fair burden up a steep. 1895 New Eng. Mag. Mar. 127/1 Boston has a great State House side-saddling Beacon Hill. 1903 Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches 20 190 He only had two horses that had ever been side-saddled—Shadow and the Fool. 1958 M. Sandoz Cattlemen iv. v. 452 Cornelia Adair,..sturdy, elegant, and handsome after many days side-saddling through the Texas Panhandle. 1966 Press-Tel. (Long Beach, Calif.) 24 Aug. a24 (advt.) Side-saddling a scooter, skipping 'cross-campus. 2005 M. Kaur Feminist Sensibility in Novels of T. Hardy v. 82 Instead of side saddling, she lies along the pony's back so as to avoid the overhanging branches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). side-saddleadv. Sitting on, or as if on, a side-saddle; with both legs on the same side of the horse. Also in extended use: sitting with both legs on the same side of a seat. ΚΠ 1836 Satirist 17 July 1/1 The graceful and pleasing act of riding side-saddle. 1882 Jrnl. Trip to Iceland 53 Evidently these ladies were swells, as they rode side-saddle. 1905 D. B. W. Sladen Playing the Game x. 101 The same bench does for natives and foreigners; the natives squat on it or sit on it side-saddle. 1974 W. Foley Child in Forest ii. iv. 194 She rode side-saddle, and her shining black boots were almost covered by a long black hobble skirt. 2006 R. Everett Red Carpets & Other Banana Skins i. 6 Some of the women still rode side-saddle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1493v.1795adv.1836 |
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