stock saddle

American  

noun

1. Western saddle.

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stock saddle British  

noun

1. a cowboy's saddle, esp an ornamental one

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Etymology

Origin of stock saddle

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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stock saddle

Dressed in embroidered western shirts, Howard surveyed his ranch from a stock saddle on a cow pony.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Howard began slipping out to the barn in the morning with Pollard, and one day when the urge was too strong they got out a stock saddle and cinched it on Seabiscuit.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

And if they have spent their working days astride a stock saddle, you may be sure they are bashful unless they are overbold and impossible.

From Starr, of the Desert by Bower, B. M.

A frying-pan, some salt pork, and a hatchet, made up a light pack, which, with the bedding, I fastened across the stock saddle by means of a rope and a spare packing cinch.

From Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches by Roosevelt, Theodore

He wore at the time a large sombrero, had a Mexican stock saddle over his shoulder, a lariat on his arm, and a "forty-five" hanging from his hip.

From Over the Top by Empey, Arthur Guy