saddle /sadˈl/

1. A seat for a rider on a horse, bicycle, etc
2. A pad for the back of a draught animal
3. Anything of similar shape, eg a mountain col between two peaks
4. That part of the back of an animal on which the saddle is placed
5. A mark on that part
6. A butcher's cut including a part of the backbone with the ribs
7. The rear part of a male fowl's back
8. A worm's clitellum
9. The part of a lathe that slides on the bed, between the headstock and tailstock
10. A block surmounting one of the towers of a suspension bridge, supporting or fixing the suspension cables

1. To put a saddle on
2. To encumber
3. To impose upon (someone) as a burden or encumbrance
4. (of a trainer) to be responsible for preparing and entering (a racehorse) for a race
5. To ride or mount (a horse, bicycle, etc) (rare)

To get into the saddle of a horse, bicycle, etc

saddˈleless adjective

saddˈler noun

1. A maker or seller of saddles and related goods
2. A soldier in charge of cavalry saddles (also saddˈler-corˈporal and saddˈler-serˈgeant; historical)
3. A saddle horse (US informal)

saddˈlery noun

1. The occupation of a saddler
2. A saddler's shop or stock-in-trade
3. A saddle-room at a stables, etc

saddˈleback noun

1. A saddle-shaped hill, coping, animal or object
2. The great black-backed gull
3. The hooded crow
4. The male harp seal
5. A breed of goose
6. A breed of pig
7. A rare New Zealand wattlebird, Philesturnus carunculatus
8. A saddle roof

adjective

1. (also saddˈlebacked) saddle-shaped
2. Having a depression in the middle (of the back)
3. Having a saddle-shaped mark on the back
4. (of a coping) sloping from the middle to each side

saddˈlebag noun

1. A bag carried at, or attached to, the saddle
2. (in pl) excessive fat in the abdominal region (informal)

adjective

(of furniture) upholstered in cloth in imitation of camels' saddlebags

saddle bar noun

A bar for supporting stained glass in a window

saddlebill or saddle-bill stork noun

A large black-and-white stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, of sub-Saharan Africa, with a red and black bill that has a yellow saddle-like structure at the base

saddle blanket noun

A folded blanket used as a saddlecloth

saddˈlebow /-bō/ noun

The arched front of a saddle

saddˈlecloth noun

A cloth placed under a saddle to prevent rubbing

saddˈle-fast adjective

Firmly seated in the saddle

saddle feather or saddle hackle noun

One of the long, slender feathers drooping from a male fowl's saddle

saddˈle-girth noun

A band that holds the saddle in place

saddle horse noun

A riding horse

saddˈle-lap noun

The skirt of a saddle

saddˈle-nose noun

Flattening of the bridge of the nose, eg as a result of congenital syphilis

saddˈle-nosed adjective

saddle pillar or saddle pin noun

The support of a cycle saddle, which fits a socket in the frame

saddle reef noun (geology)

An ore deposit occurring in concavo-convex formations of igneous rocks, esp in Australia

saddle roof noun

A roof with a ridge and two gables

saddˈleroom noun

A room where saddles and harness are kept

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