Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense saddles, present participle saddling, past tense, past participle saddled
1. countable noun
A saddle is a leather seat that you put on the back of an animal so that you can ride the animal.
2. See also side-saddle
3. verb
If you saddle a horse, you put a saddle on it so that you can ride it.
Why don't we saddle a couple of horses and go for a ride? [VERB noun]
Saddle up means the same as saddle.
I want to be gone from here as soon as we can saddle up. [VERBPARTICLE]
She saddled up a horse. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
4. countable noun
A saddle is a seat on a bicycle or motorcycle.
5. countable noun [usually NOUNof noun]
A saddleof lamb, rabbit, or venison is a piece of meat taken from the middle of the animal's back.
6. verb
If you saddle someone with a problem or with a responsibility, you put them in a position where they have to deal with it.
The war devastated the economy and saddled the country with a huge foreign debt. [VERB noun + with]
Synonyms: burden, load, lumber [British, informal], charge More Synonyms of saddle
7.
See in the saddle
8.
See in the saddle
Phrasal verbs:
See saddle up
saddle in British English
(ˈsædəl)
noun
1.
a seat for a rider, usually made of leather, placed on a horse's back and secured with a girth under the belly
2.
a similar seat on a bicycle, tractor, etc, made of leather or steel
3.
a back pad forming part of the harness of a packhorse
4.
anything that resembles a saddle in shape, position, or function
5.
a cut of meat, esp mutton, consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
6.
the part of a horse or similar animal on which a saddle is placed
7.
the part of the back of a domestic chicken that is nearest to the tail
8. civil engineering
a block on top of one of the towers of a suspension bridge that acts as a bearing surface over which the cables or chains pass
9. engineering
the carriage that slides on the bed of a lathe and supports the slide rest, tool post, or turret
10. the nontechnical name for clitellum
11. another name for col (sense 1)
12.
a raised piece of wood or metal for covering a doorsill
13. in the saddle
verb
14. (sometimes foll by up)
to put a saddle on (a horse)
15. (intransitive)
to mount into the saddle
16. (transitive)
to burden; charge
I didn't ask to be saddled with this job
Derived forms
saddleless (ˈsaddleless)
adjective
saddle-like (ˈsaddle-ˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
Old English sadol, sædel; related to Old Norse sothull, Old High German satul
saddle in American English
(ˈsædəl)
noun
1.
a seat for a rider on a horse, bicycle, etc., usually padded and of leather, andgenerally straddled in riding
2.
a padded part of a harness worn over a horse's back to hold the shafts
3.
the part of an animal's back where a saddle is placed
4.
anything suggesting a saddle, as in form, placement, etc.
5.
a ridge between two peaks or summits
6.
a.
a cut of lamb, venison, etc., including part of the backbone and the two loins
b.
the rear part of the back of a fowl
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsaddled or ˈsaddling
7.
to put a saddle upon
8.
to load or encumber, as with a burden
9.
to impose as a burden, obligation, etc.
verb intransitive
10.
to put a saddle on a horse and mount it
often with up
Idioms:
in the saddle
Word origin
ME sadel < OE sadol, akin to Ger sattel < Gmc *sathula, via ? OSlav *sedulo- < IE base *sed-, to sit
More idioms containing
saddle
in the saddle
ride high in the saddle
Examples of 'saddle' in a sentence
saddle
Wulfgar rose and saddled the horses and brought them forward.
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
This is a radical reimagining of the bicycle saddle.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The seat suspended inside is made from natural saddle leather.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The country had saddled itself with debt which took until this year to completely pay off.
The Sun (2015)
Within three she will be back in the saddle.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The fool would put a saddle backwards if left alone.
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
They have two large pockets which are positioned behind the saddle flap on either side.
Eccles, Lesley Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring (1989)
Jos bade his man saddle the horses at once.
William Thackeray Vanity Fair (1837)
They are shaped liked bicycle saddles and can be folded away to save space.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Place these to one side while you saddle soap the leather.
Eccles, Lesley Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring (1989)
Somehow he got back into the saddle.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Spread your saddles of rabbit out flat, so that they slightly overlap.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Then she turns to the chair next to her, lifting a saddle apparatus with harnesses onto it.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We loved the stylishly presented lobster soup with crab and chilli toast, followed by flavoursome smoked saddle of lamb with saffron sauce.
The Sun (2014)
What looked like a masterstroke three years ago, now seems like a poorly timed deal that has saddled the group with uncomfortable debts.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Meanwhile, consumers are in the saddle, and ride the retail sector.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Cowboy builders, it's time to saddle up and ride out of town.
The Sun (2016)
The boom was much bigger than Berlin bargained for, which means the country is now saddled with a huge supply surplus.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
As they tucked into Dorset crab and saddle of lamb, guests had to make do with a video message from the great man.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Word lists with
saddle
parts of a bicycle, Tack and equipment and their parts
In other languages
saddle
British English: saddle /ˈsædl/ NOUN
A saddle is a leather seat that you put on the back of an animal so that you can ride the animal.
American English: saddle
Arabic: سَرْج
Brazilian Portuguese: sela
Chinese: 马鞍
Croatian: sedlo
Czech: sedlo koňské
Danish: sadel
Dutch: zadel
European Spanish: silla de montar
Finnish: satula
French: selle
German: Sattel
Greek: σέλα
Italian: sella
Japanese: サドル
Korean: 안장
Norwegian: sal
Polish: siodło
European Portuguese: sela
Romanian: șa
Russian: седло
Latin American Spanish: silla de montar
Swedish: sadel
Thai: อาน
Turkish: semer
Ukrainian: сідло
Vietnamese: yên
All related terms of 'saddle'
saddle up
saddle gall
a raw area of skin, with loss of hair, on the back or behind the elbow of a horse caused by uneven pressure by the saddle or girth
saddle roof
a roof that has a ridge and two gables
saddle seat
a concave wooden seat, esp. of a Windsor chair , often with a central ridge running from the front toward the back
saddle shoe
an oxford with a saddle of contrasting color
saddle soap
a soft soap containing neat's-foot oil used to preserve and clean leather
saddle-sore
sore after riding a horse
side-saddle
When you ride a horse side-saddle , you sit on a special saddle with both your legs on one side rather than one leg on each side of the horse.
saddle-backed
having the back curved in shape or concave like a saddle
saddle block
a type of spinal anaesthesia producing sensory loss in the buttocks , inner sides of the thighs , and perineum
saddle horse
a lightweight horse kept for riding only
saddle joint
a joint that allows movement in two directions; the only saddle joint in the human body is in the thumb
saddle shoes
shoes with a midsection (where the laces are) that is darker in colour, usually black, to the rest of the shoe, which is usually white
saddle stitch
an overcasting stitch , esp. one made with a strip of leather or a thick leatherlike cord
stock saddle
a cowboy's saddle , esp an ornamental one
English saddle
a lightweight saddle with a low cantle and pommel and no horn , designed to place the rider's weight forward onto the withers
saddle leather
hide , as from a cow or bull , that undergoes vegetable tanning and is used for saddlery
saddle-stitched
having a binding in which the sections of a publication are inserted inside each other and secured through the middle fold with thread, or wire staples
Western saddle
a heavy saddle of the kind used by cowboys , with a high cantle and pommel and a horn projecting above the pommel
in the saddle
If you are in the saddle , you are riding a horse .
saddle stitching
a method of binding in which the sections of a publication are inserted inside each other and secured through the middle fold with thread, or wire staples
saddlebag
A saddlebag is a bag fastened to the saddle of a bicycle or motorcycle , or the saddle of a horse.
ride high in the saddle
to currently be very successful , and to show this in your behaviour and attitudes
saddle block (anesthesia)
a method of spinal anesthesia, often used during obstetric delivery , that produces anesthesia in that area of the body that would be in contact with a saddle during horseback riding