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
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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
Gomez remembers it; for in the clear moonlight is disclosed the outline of a hill, which, once seen, could not easily be forgotten; a cerro with two summits, and a col or saddle-like depression between.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Mayne Reid
There a saddle-like hollow intersects the road, traversing it from side to side.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
