saddle
noun
a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
saddle-like
-
a word derived from
saddle.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Beneath the platform was a saddle-like device on which Lloyd sat, on a pipe about four and a half feet high, based on a black cloth.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2021
The beetles, in turn, cautious of their riders demanding riders, have evolved saddle-like pouches in which to carry the fungus and feed them during the ride.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 20, 2012
If the sum is more than 180 degrees, we say that the space is spherelike, or positively curved; if it is less than 180 degrees, we say that it is saddle-like, or negatively curved.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 4, 2011
Passing over a saddle-like pass, between two of them, we came to a flat, open valley running all the way to the foot of the new range, with a creek channel between.
From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Ernest Giles
For the same reason I had the stair banisters made wide, with a saddle-like top to the newel post, to tempt my son and daughter to slide downstairs.
From The Water goats and other troubles by Ellis Parker Butler
