saddle
A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed…A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
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» She saddled him with the work.
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Examples
71 sentencesShe saddled him with the work.
Tom flew out of the saddle.
Tom couldn't stay in the saddle.
Meaning
24 sensesA seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
Sattel
седло́sedló
сідло́sidló
a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
Sattel
седлови́наsedlovína
a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
Rücken
cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
More meanings 21
A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
Sattel
седло́sedló, сиде́ньеsidénʹje
a seat for the rider of a bicycle
Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
(US)A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, usually having a different colour from the rest of the shoe.
a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.
Steg
The threshold, the raised floorboard in a doorway.
A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.
Synonym of harness saddle (“the part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal”).
A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.
(broadly)Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.
(broadly)Synonym of saddle brown (“a medium brown colour, like that of saddle leather”).
Origin
From Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol, from Proto-West Germanic *sadul, from PFrom Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol, from Proto-West Germanic *sadul, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz (“saddle”). Further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sod-dʰlo-, from *sed- (“to sit”) + *-dʰlom (a variant of *-trom (suffix forming nouns denoting instruments or tools)), though the Oxford English Dictionary says this “presents formal difficulties”.
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Forms
plural: saddlesSynonyms
7 synonyms- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle):saddleback
- a seat for the rider of a bicycle:bicycle seat
Word family
66 related wordsSee also
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