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saddleless, a.|ˈsæd(ə)llɪs|
[f. saddle n. + -less.]
Without a saddle; esp. of a horse, not furnished with a saddle. Also rarely of a rider: † (thrown) out of the saddle.
14..Sir Beues 253–8 (MS. C.) The erle, amonge them all To the grounde he ys falle And ys sadulles. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon 268 But he had no sadel upon his horse... Whan Reynawd sawe brayforde sadeles, he called to oger, & sayd [etc.]. a1500Prophecy in Bernard. de cura rei fam. (E.E.T.S.) 18 The Egyll and þe antelope..And Sadilles horse. 1886G. Gissing Isabel Clarendon I. ii. 33 She had learned her riding on a saddleless colt. |