The arched front part of a saddle or a saddle-tree.

A saddle-bow; spec. (in early use) either of two curved wooden or metal pieces fixed to the front and rear of a saddle to give the rider greater…

(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.

The framework which forms the foundation of a saddle.

One of the flaps or lower portions of a saddle. Also saddle skirt, saddle, n.1 compounds 4.

= panel, n.1 1a.

? a wooden saddle-tree.

= saddle-tree, n. Obsolete.

The front arch of a saddle, the saddle-bow; the knob-like projection rising from the saddle-bow, especially in a modern Western saddle. Also: the…

The framework of a saddle: = saddle-tree, n., see for earlier quots.

a cloth placed under a pillion on a horse, usually to protect clothing from wear.

Something with supports or carries something else; a carrier. Military †A socket attached to a saddle or stirrup in which the butt of the lance…

†(a) = saddle-tree, n. 1 (obsolete); (b) livestock used for riding.

A rug or pad laid over a saddle. Also: a light frameless saddle of the sort used by children; = pad, n.2 2a.

Applied to various things of the nature of a pad, used to obviate friction or chafing, or pad out… A ridge of padding on a saddle. Obsolete.

The protuberant part at the back of a saddle; the hind-bow.

a pommel.

A pad or padded object. The pad of a saddle; a pillion. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).

A layer of material or stuffing placed beneath a saddle or a part of a harness to provide protection against chafing, etc. Also in extended use: a…

Of a saddle. Formerly, the raised part in front and at the back of the saddle. Obsolete.

(See quots.)

(a) a raised area on a saddle (cf. crutch, n. 3); (b) Nautical = crutch, n. 4a.

the projecting sides of a saddle; saddle skirts or saddle flaps.

= saddle-bow, n.

A sort of pad for a saddle.

On a saddle: = pommel, n.1 4a. See also leaping-head n. at leaping, n. compounds 2.

A sinew used in strengthening a saddle-tree. Cf. nerve, n. 5.

The uppermost part of a saddle on which the rider sits.

Saddlery. Either of the two wooden or metal plates connecting the front and back arches of a saddle.

The pommel of a saddle. rare or Obsolete.

A piece of leather or fabric hanging down from a saddle. Obsolete. rare.

A strip of any material flat and thin, used to bind together, clasp, or gird. bands of a saddle: two pieces of iron nailed upon the bows to hold…

(see quot. 1764).

transferred. The part of a saddle which comes over the withers.

spec. A projecting part of a saddle; a pommel. In quot. 1775: a saddle with a high pommel (cf. demi-pique, n.).

a stick fastened in a pillion to hold luggage in place.

(see quot. and housing, n.2).

(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…

any part of a saddle which projects or hangs down from the seat; a saddle skirt or saddle flap.

In various technical uses. The front or back projection of a saddle.

Of a saddle; also transferred.

A pointed or tapering projection. The name of: the projections or crutches on a side-saddle, which support or are grasped between the rider's…

Material used for the skirts of saddles; saddle-skirts collectively.

On a side-saddle, the second pommel on the near side, against which the left knee presses; first introduced for use in hunting; the…

Saddlery. A metal plate on the cantle of a saddle-tree.

the horn of a saddle (see horn, n. 22b).

a bar in the saddle of a camel, in place of the cantle.

the lower pommel on a side-saddle, against which the left knee presses in leaping; a hunting-horn, ‘third crutch’.

Saddlery. (See quot. 1875.)

(a) each of the bars on a saddle-tree to which a stirrup-strap is attached; (b) the bar of a stirrup on which the foot rests.

(see quot. 1875 and sense 5).

A framework reinforced with spring steel bars which forms the foundation of a saddle. Cf. saddle-tree, n. 1.

an officer's saddle-tree.

Australian and New Zealand. Horse Riding. A strap fixed to a saddle, which a rider may grip when mounting, or when riding a bucking horse; = monkey-…

Australian and New Zealand. Horse Riding. A strap fixed to a saddle for the rider to grip; = monkey, n. 22.

a roll of padding on a saddle, designed to prevent the girths from slipping backwards and to support the rider's legs in jumping and dressage.

(see 5).