packsaddle

American  

[pak-sad-l] / ˈpækˌsæd l /

noun

1. a saddle specifically designed for holding or supporting the load on a pack animal.

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packsaddle British  

/ ˈpækˌsædəl /

noun

1. a saddle hung with packs, equipment, etc, used on a pack animal

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Etymology

Origin of packsaddle

First recorded in 1350–1400, packsaddle is from Middle English pakke saddil. See pack ¹, saddle

Example Sentences

Wrapped like a package, the bundle is tied with manty rope and lashed to each side of a Decker-style packsaddle.

From Washington Times • Aug. 19, 2017

Why, my dear, this is the case—I am like the ass in the fable; and if I am doomed to carry a packsaddle, it is not much matter who drives me.

From Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden by Morton, Thomas

It certainly was good luck that we unbuckled the packsaddle straps before he left the vicinity.

From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane

Forty years later a man past middle-age, riding a horse and leading another, to whose packsaddle was fastened a box, went slowly along that old trail in Southern Idaho, now almost obliterated by many-footed Progress.

From Trail Tales by Gillilan, James David

In looking round camp, Tommy Windich found the shoulder-blade of a horse and two small pieces of leather belonging to a packsaddle.

From Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, by Forrest, John