Frequently in form pannel. A kind of saddle, esp. a simple frameless pad to which loads may be fastened; a pillion. Also: †a wooden saddle for…

A pack-saddle.

A saddle adapted to support a pack or packs for transportation by a pack animal.

a cart-saddle.

A type of saddle, spec. a light saddle used by women. Also: a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle, on which a second person may ride, or to…

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.

? a saddle with a steel frame.

A light saddle; = pillion, n.2 1.

= mail pillion n.

†(a) Scottish ? a saddle with a wooden tree; (b) in the Western U.S., a saddle with a heavy tree and steel horn to give resistance in using a lariat.

A soft unstructured saddle, esp. one used by a person learning to ride. Cf. saddle pad n. at saddle, n.1 compounds 4.

Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). A sack filled with straw, typically used as a substitute for a saddle or as…

? a packsaddle adapted for carrying a trunk or chest.

Scottish and northern. In plural, two pieces of turf used as a substitute for a saddle or pack-saddle. Hence, a rough kind of saddle made of…

a pad or cushion on the hinder part of a saddle used for resting a mail or piece of luggage in transport.

a small light saddle with round skirts.

(a) n. a type of saddle, (perhaps) one relatively flat from front to back; (b) adj. resembling this type of saddle.

General attributive, as postilion harness, postilion saddle, postilion whip, etc.

= sense 2a.

a saddle with a section behind the rider for carrying a portmanteau or other baggage.

a saddle used chiefly when taking a horse to be watered.

the small saddle placed on the back of a cart- or carriage-horse to support the shafts; also †as v. transitive, to put a cart-saddle on, to yoke.

Of a saddle: ‘Half-peaked’; having a peak of about half the height of that of the older war-saddle.

a saddle with crooks for carrying loads (cf. A. 9).

(a) a soft pad upon which a rider sits when riding; = pad, n.2 2a; (b) a pad which is placed under the saddle to prevent chafing; = pad, n.2 3a.

In South America: a type of treeless saddle incorporating a thick (typically sheepskin) blanket; (also) the blanket itself.

A pack-saddle.

(a) a type of saddle used on horses in mountain regions; (also) a type of saddle used on mountain bikes; (b) = saddle, n.1 5b.

Used attributively or elliptically to designate a form of saddle (see quot. 1875).

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

a saddle of a type used by cowboys, having a deep seat, high pommel and cantle, prominent horn, and broad stirrups; = western saddle n. at western…

In full, sawbuck (pack)saddle. A pack-saddle shaped like a sawbuck.

a saddle with a deep seat, high pommel and cantle, prominent horn, and broad stirrups.

a saddle on which the rider sits astride; also as adv., on a cross-saddle, astride.

U.S. A centre-fire saddle. rare.

attributive. Designating a type of saddle with a wooden leather-covered frame and a high pommel and cantle, invented by McClellan and formerly used…

Horse Riding. A saddle without knee-pads or without a pommel.