UNSADDLE

unsaddle, offsaddle

(verb) remove the saddle from; “They unsaddled their mounts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

unsaddle (third-person singular simple present unsaddles, present participle unsaddling, simple past and past participle unsaddled)

(transitive, intransitive) To remove a saddle.

(transitive) To throw (a rider) from the saddle.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*sad"dle, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + saddle.]

1. To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse.

2. To throw from the saddle; to unhorse.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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