side-saddle

British  

noun

1. a riding saddle originally designed for women riders in skirts who sit with both legs on the near side of the horse

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adverb

1. on or as if on a side-saddle

   to be riding side-saddle

Example Sentences

Those with keen ears might have noticed that during Alicia Keys’ beguiling Grammy Awards performance, which she began sitting side-saddle between two pianos to play Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag,” she mentioned Hazel Scott.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

"Having people sit side-saddle with us is a big factor in developing that."

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2022

She rode side-saddle and bareback on her white horse.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2019

Dockery had had to ride side-saddle on Downton, but before shooting began on Godless she was enrolled in “cowboy camp”, taught to ride western-style, leaving one hand free for her rifle.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2017

She wore some of the world’s earlier high-heeled shoes, the first ‘designer’ perfumes, and owned the first side-saddle to allow women to ride as adeptly as men.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall