English saddle

American  

noun

1. a saddle having a steel cantle and pommel, no horn, full side flaps usually set forward, a well-padded leather seat, and a saddletree or frame designed to conform to the line of the rider's back.

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Etymology

Origin of English saddle

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The objects included biker jackets, lineman harnesses, an English saddle — all readymades darkened and unified by the added shoe polish.

From New York Times

At 10, I moved to suburban Chicago where only the most affluent of my friends took lessons at city stables with proper English saddles.

From Los Angeles Times

“The other horses hate that he gets this stuff,” he said as he laid a blue police department blanket on Trooper’s back and then an English saddle equipped with an old-fashioned night stick.

From New York Times

“He rode into D.C. on a horse in an English saddle,” Tawney said, adding that a true Westerner, as the secretary claims to be, would’ve chosen a Western saddle.

From Washington Post

“I don’t build saddles, I repair them. I rode English saddle for most of my life. My dad didn’t believe in letting us ride in a western saddle.”

From Washington Times