saddle
a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
a similar seat on a bicycle, tractor, etc.
a part of a harness laid across the back of an animal and girded under the belly, to which the terrets and checkhook are attached.
something resembling a saddle in shape, position, or function.
the part of the back of an animal where a saddle is placed.
(of mutton, venison, lamb, etc.) a cut comprising both loins.
this cut, trimmed and prepared for roasting.
(of poultry) the posterior part of the back.
a ridge connecting two higher elevations.
the covering of a roof ridge.
a raised piece of flooring between the jambs of a doorway.
an inverted bracket bearing on the axle of a railroad car wheel as a support for the car body.
Ordnance. the support for the trunnion on some gun carriages.
Machinery. a sliding part for spanning a space or other parts to support something else, as the cross slide and toolholder of a lathe.
a strip of leather, often of a contrasting color, sewn on the vamp or instep of a shoe and extending to each side of the shank.
Ceramics. a bar of refractory clay, triangular in section, for supporting one side of an object being fired.
(in a suspension bridge) a member at the top of a tower for supporting a cable.
to put a saddle on: to saddle a horse.
to load or charge, as with a burden: He has saddled himself with a houseful of impecunious relatives.
to impose as a burden or responsibility.
to put a saddle on a horse (often followed by up).
to mount into the saddle (often followed by up).
Idioms about saddle
in the saddle,
in a position to direct or command; in control.
at work; on the job.
Origin of saddle
1Other words from saddle
- sad·dle·less, adjective
- sad·dle·like, adjective
- re·sad·dle, verb, re·sad·dled, re·sad·dling.
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How to use saddle in a sentence
As part of the writing team on Blazing Saddles, he gave its parody of the Western a sharper political edge.
How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America | David Yaffe, Scott Saul | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMacFarlane clearly did not make the same gambles Brooks did when he came out with Blazing Saddles.
Seth MacFarlane’s ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ Is Yet Another Failed Spoof | Alex Suskind | May 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI mean, can you imagine Blazing Saddles being released today without it spawning multiple lawsuits and a trillion thinkpieces?
Seth MacFarlane’s ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ Is Yet Another Failed Spoof | Alex Suskind | May 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a room off the living room, saddles lounge everywhere you look, finely tooled leather saddles, things of great weight and heft.
If "blazing it" means "obsessed with Blazing Saddles," then I was definitely blazing it.
‘Surviving Jack’ Star Rachael Harris Is No Longer ‘The Bitch' | Kevin Fallon | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
By spreading over us the heavy woolen blankets the Mounted Police use under their saddles, we slept in comfort.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairWhile he was gone, MacRae and I leaned over in our saddles and scanned closely the grass-carpeted bottom-land.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair"Slap your saddles on them fresh hosses," he grated harshly from the back of a deep-chested, lean-flanked gray.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairScarcely taking time to look the motor-cycles over, they pulled them upright and got into the saddles.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. MatthewsMany of the guerrillas cut the halters of their horses and without saddles or bridles galloped furiously away.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. Dunn
British Dictionary definitions for saddle
/ (ˈsædəl) /
a seat for a rider, usually made of leather, placed on a horse's back and secured with a girth under the belly
a similar seat on a bicycle, tractor, etc, made of leather or steel
a back pad forming part of the harness of a packhorse
anything that resembles a saddle in shape, position, or function
a cut of meat, esp mutton, consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
the part of a horse or similar animal on which a saddle is placed
the part of the back of a domestic chicken that is nearest to the tail
civil engineering a block on top of one of the towers of a suspension bridge that acts as a bearing surface over which the cables or chains pass
engineering the carriage that slides on the bed of a lathe and supports the slide rest, tool post, or turret
the nontechnical name for clitellum
another name for col (def. 1)
a raised piece of wood or metal for covering a doorsill
in the saddle in a position of control
(sometimes foll by up) to put a saddle on (a horse)
(intr) to mount into the saddle
(tr) to burden; charge: I didn't ask to be saddled with this job
Origin of saddle
1Derived forms of saddle
- saddleless, adjective
- saddle-like, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with saddle
In addition to the idiom beginning with saddle
- saddle someone with
also see:
- in the driver's seat (saddle)
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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