sidesaddle

[ sahyd-sad-l ]

/ ˈsaɪdˌsæd l /

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noun

a saddle for women on which the rider sits, facing forward, usually with both feet on the left side of the horse.

adverb

seated on a sidesaddle: The girl hunted sidesaddle.

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Origin of sidesaddle

1485–95; earlier syd saddyl.See side¹, saddle

Words nearby sidesaddle

siderophile, siderophilin, sideroscope, siderosis, siderostat, sidesaddle, sidesaddle flower, sideshow, sideslip, sidesman, sidespin

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How to use sidesaddle in a sentence

There are women who ride sidesaddle in the West; but they do not ride into the rough trails that we are going to attempt.
Ruth Fielding In the Saddle|Alice B. Emerson
You want a horse and sidesaddle to carry off some girl to-night.
The Purple Land|W. H. Hudson
"I don't know where you will get a sidesaddle," Stanwood had demurred when the purchase was first proposed.
Peak and Prairie|Anna Fuller
On occasion of ceremony they ride sidesaddle, but when hunting and hawking they go astride in wholly masculine manner.
Life on a Mediaeval Barony|William Stearns Davis

I don't think I'd say anything about—the sidesaddle to Miss Lorton—yet.
Nell, of Shorne Mills|Charles Garvice

British Dictionary definitions for sidesaddle

side-saddle

noun

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

adverb

on or as if on a side-saddleto be riding side-saddle

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