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 • Aug. 18, 2022

“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 • Feb. 28, 2019

Her one daily ritual is the ride, and Nevada friends say that she is a "fantastic" horseback rider despite her English saddle.

From Time Magazine Archive

She can keep her seat in a walk, amble, trot, canter, gallop or jump, even in the English saddle with its low pommel and cantle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ernest was a regular visitor to Perro Caliente, where he would don “very proper riding clothes” and perch on a English saddle.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik