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

There were some who dragged a heavy chain about with them, and others carried a packsaddle; some had their heads always in a bushel—the best people in the world to live with.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

On this day's march we passed the spot where I had put the horse's packsaddle in the sandal-wood-tree, and where my first horse had given in.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest

I've lived life, I have, and I've seen a drove o' women, hither an' yon, but not one of 'em could hold me, no more'n an ordinary slipknot could hold stuff on a packsaddle.

From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various

Saddle; packsaddle; saddle as pillow; saddle bags; as screens against wind.

From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Galton, Francis, Sir