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SADDLE
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
Etymology 1
Noun
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.
Etymology 2
Verb
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.
Anagrams
• 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
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