saddle horn
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of saddle horn
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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He crashed onto the saddle horn when his horse stopped suddenly at a calf-sorting event, splitting his pelvis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
With little choice I threw a leg over the great beast — and remembering Lawrence of Arabia — wrapped my left knee around the saddle horn and hooked my instep behind my other knee.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2012
In Tempe, Ariz., Scott Whitcock tied his horse to a hitching rack, left it there too long, came back to find a parking ticket tied to the saddle horn.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the mare stumbled and threw him hard against the saddle horn, and he realized how deceptive the moonlight was; exposed root tips and dark rocks waited in deep shadows cast by the moon.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
Clutching Melyngar’s saddle horn, Taran stepped gingerly from the bank.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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