upsaddlev.
/ˈʌpsad(ə)l/, /ʌpˈsad(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈəpsæd(ə)l/, South African English /ˈʌpsæd(ə)l/ South African.
intransitive. To saddle a horse.
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1838 in W. B. Boyce Notes S. Afr. Affairs vi. 148 Dingaan..inveigled them within an enclosure..just as they were up-saddling to depart, and massacred..every living soul of them.
1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 181 We up-saddled and went in pursuit.
1887 H. R. Haggard Jess xxx. 290 At midday they offsaddled their horses for an hour... Then they upsaddled and went on.
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