saddle seat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of saddle seat
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Velazquez, after all, had a saddle seat for a two-horse duel.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2020
In terms of style, whereas the previous owner practiced saddle seat, DuKate’s expertise is in eventing.
From Washington Times ● May 16, 2016
He made the visit to Hollow Hut first, and in the ease of a saddle seat he reached the old familiar wood by a much more direct trail than he had followed when a boy.
From The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains by Mullins, Isla May
He had been comfortably wrapped in his blanket; his head had been resting on a saddle seat.
From Square Deal Sanderson by Seltzer, Charles Alden
One of them, lying with his head against the second saddle seat, wears what was once a fashionable white English yachting suit.
From Captain Brassbound's Conversion by Shaw, Bernard
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
