SADDLES
Noun
saddles
plural of saddle
Verb
saddles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of saddle
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Source: Wiktionary
SADDLE
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