a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
a similar seat on a bicycle, tractor, etc.
a part of a harness laid across the back of an animal and girded under the belly, to which the terrets and checkhook are attached.
something resembling a saddle in shape, position, or function.
the part of the back of an animal where a saddle is placed.
(of mutton, venison, lamb, etc.) a cut comprising both loins.
this cut, trimmed and prepared for roasting.
(of poultry) the posterior part of the back.
a ridge connecting two higher elevations.
the covering of a roof ridge.
bolster (def. 7).
a raised piece of flooring between the jambs of a doorway.
an inverted bracket bearing on the axle of a railroad car wheel as a support for the car body.
Ordnance. the support for the trunnion on some gun carriages.
Machinery. a sliding part for spanning a space or other parts to support something else, as the cross slide and toolholder of a lathe.
a strip of leather, often of a contrasting color, sewn on the vamp or instep of a shoe and extending to each side of the shank.
saddle shoe.
Ceramics. a bar of refractory clay, triangular in section, for supporting one side of an object being fired.
(in a suspension bridge) a member at the top of a tower for supporting a cable.
verb (used with object),sad·dled,sad·dling.
to put a saddle on: to saddle a horse.
to load or charge, as with a burden: He has saddled himself with a houseful of impecunious relatives.
to impose as a burden or responsibility.
verb (used without object),sad·dled,sad·dling.
to put a saddle on a horse (often followed by up).
to mount into the saddle (often followed by up).
Idioms for saddle
in the saddle,
in a position to direct or command; in control.
at work; on the job.
Origin of saddle
First recorded before 900; Middle English noun sadel, saddul, Old English sadol; cognate with German Sattel, Old Norse sǫthull; akin to Latin sella (from unattested sedla ) “seat, stool, chair”; Middle English verb sad(e)len, Old English sadolian, derivative of the noun; see also sit1