saddle
(noun) posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
saddle
(noun) a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
saddle
(noun) a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
saddle
(noun) cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
saddleback, saddle
(noun) a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
charge, saddle, burden
(verb) impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; “He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend”
saddle
(verb) put a saddle on; “saddle the horses”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
saddle (plural saddles)
A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.
A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
(mining) A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, especially in Australia.
The raised floorboard in a doorway.
(construction) A small tapered or sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
(nautical) A block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
(engineering) A part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
The clitellum of an earthworm.
Any of the saddle-like markings on a boa constrictor.
A saddle shoe.
saddle (third-person singular simple present saddles, present participle saddling, simple past and past participle saddled)
(transitive) To put a saddle on (an animal).
To get into a saddle.
(transitive) To burden or encumber.
• addles, daleds
Source: Wiktionary
Sad"dle, n. Etym: [OE. sadel, AS. sadol; akin to D. zadel, G. sattel, OHG. satal, satul, Icel. söedhull, Dan. & Sw. sadel; cf. Russ. siedlo; all perh. ultimately from the root of E. sit.]
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. (Naut.)
Definition: A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.
5. (Mach.)
Definition: A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
6. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The clitellus of an earthworm.
7. (Arch.)
Definition: 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. Saddle bar (Arch.), one the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured. Oxf. Gloss.
– Saddle gall (Far.), 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 (Arch.), 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 (Zoöl.), any thin plicated bivalve shaell of the genera Placuna and Anomia; -- so called from its shape. Called also saddle oyster.
Sad"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Saddling.] Etym: [AS. sadelian.]
1. To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding. "saddle my horse." Shak. Abraham rose up early 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 February 2025
(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; “an acrimonious dispute”; “bitter about the divorce”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
