saddlesore

[ sad-l-sawr, -sohr ]

/ ˈsæd lˌsɔr, -ˌsoʊr /

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adjective

feeling sore or stiff from horseback riding.

irritated or having sores produced by a saddle.

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Origin of saddlesore

First recorded in 1905–10; saddle + sore

Other definitions for saddlesore (2 of 2)

saddle sore

noun

an irritation or sore on a horse caused by the rubbing of a poorly adjusted saddle.

an irritation or sore on a rider caused by a saddle.

Origin of saddle sore

First recorded in 1945–50

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How to use saddlesore in a sentence

But for the real Mark Schultz, whom Tatum plays in the film Foxcatcher, it has become a sore point.
Wrestler Mark Schultz Hates the ‘Sickening and Insulting Lies’ of ‘Foxcatcher’|Rich Goldstein|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the wake of the verdicts in Ferguson and New York City, many of us are still sore with emotion.
The Stacks: A Chicken Dinner That Mends Your Heart|Pete Dexter|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Few sore losers could wield sharp words quite like Leon Trotsky, especially when talking about Joseph Stalin.
Kotkin Biography Reveals Stalin's Evil Pragmatism|William O’Connor|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It's always been the same: Tim Stoddard has a sore arm and they believe him.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Before that final game, the Birds suggested that Palmer take a cortisone shot in his shoulder, which, that week, had become sore.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Fatigue he never knew, and on one occasion he was said to have spent thirteen days and nights in the saddle.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The Father had been in sore straits of mind, as month after month had passed without tidings of his "blessed child."
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
"I call you," the policeman said, and stripping the saddle and bridle from his sweaty horse, turned him loose to graze.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
We had been twelve hours in the saddle, and had ridden over nearly a hundred miles of ground.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Also our six-shooters reposed in their scabbards, the four belts hooked over the horn of MacRae's saddle.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for saddlesore

saddle-sore

adjective

sore after riding a horse

(of a horse or rider) having sores caused by the chafing of the saddle

noun saddle sore

such a sore

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