Saddle /(?)/

Sad·dle

Saddle

n.
  1. A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.
  2. A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.
  3. A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc.
  4. A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar. (Naut.)
  5. A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support. (Mach.)
  6. The clitellus of an earthworm. (Zool.)
  7. The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors. (Arch.)
  8. A ridge connected two higher elevations; a low point in the crest line of a ridge; a col. (Phys. Geog.)
  9. A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, esp. in Australia. (Mining)

Phrases & Compounds
Saddle bar
one the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured.
Saddle gall
a sore or gall upon a horse's back, made by the saddle.
Saddle girth
a band passing round the body of a horse to hold the saddle in its place.
saddle horse
a horse suitable or trained for riding with a saddle.
Saddle joint
in sheet-metal roofing, a joint formed by bending up the edge of a sheet and folding it downward over the turned-up edge of the next sheet.
Saddle roof
a roof having two gables and one ridge; -- said of such a roof when used in places where a different form is more common; as, a tower surmounted by a saddle roof. Called also saddleback roof.
Saddle shell
any thin plicated bivalve shell of the genera Placuna and Anomia; -- so called from its shape. Called also saddle oyster.

Saddle

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Saddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Saddling

  1. To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding.
    Abraham rose up early, . . . and saddled his ass.
    — Gen. xxii. 3.
  2. Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways.