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
part of speech: verb
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:
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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..