saddle soap

noun

a soap, usually consisting chiefly of Castile, used for cleaning and preserving saddles and other leather articles.

Origin of saddle soap

First recorded in 1885–90

Words Nearby saddle soap

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use saddle soap in a sentence

Person and intellect were always thoroughly scrubbed as with saddle-soap.
Quick Action | Robert W. Chambers
Leather cleaned with saddle soap can be polished by rubbing with a flannel cloth.
Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army | War Department.
(c) After again rinsing the sponge make a thick lather as described above with the saddle soap.
Manual of Military Training | James A. Moss

British Dictionary definitions for saddle soap

saddle soap

noun

a soft soap containing neat's-foot oil used to preserve and clean leather

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Browse