Saddle

Definition of saddle:

part of speech: noun

A seat or pad, generally of leather, for a horse's back: anything like a saddle, as a saddle of mutton ( the two loins undivided), etc.

part of speech: verb

To put a saddle on.

part of speech: verb

To put a saddle on: to load.

part of speech: noun

A seat for a rider on a horse's back, a bicycle, etc.; anything shaped like a saddle, as a certain cut of meat.

part of speech: verb

To equip with a seat for a rider; burden or embarrass; as, to saddle a town with debt.

Usage examples for saddle:

• Mr. Evringham wants you should saddle his horse and bring her round. "Jewel A Chapter In Her Life", Clara Louise Burnham.

• If you wouldn't mind my putting on the saddle '" Very well. "Life's Little Ironies A set of tales with some colloquial sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters", Thomas Hardy.

• The best that was said of Graham was that he looked a soldier, every inch of him, and that he rode the finest horse in the city as if be had been brought up in a saddle "His Sombre Rivals", E. P. Roe.

• Then she stood a moment talking and, turning, climbed to her saddle "A Cumberland Vendetta", John Fox, Jr..