sidesaddle

American  

[sahyd-sad-l] / ˈsaɪdˌsæd l /

noun

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

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adverb

1. seated on a sidesaddle.

   The girl hunted sidesaddle.

Etymology

Origin of sidesaddle

1485–95; earlier syd saddyl. See side ¹, saddle

Example Sentences

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sidesaddle

The “Cowboy Carter” album cover is an opening salvo, brandishing western and American symbols: Beyoncé holding an American flag while riding a white horse sidesaddle, with platinum-blond hair proudly streaming.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024

You already knew how to ride a horse, but you learned how to ride sidesaddle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

And like Ginger Rogers — applauded for dancing as well as her partner Fred Astaire, but “backward and in high heels” — Elizabeth rode in these spectacles sidesaddle.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022

Galloping sidesaddle, narrowly crossing a circular arena known as a lienzo charro, women in the Pacific Northwest competed in Washington’s first state escaramuza championship last weekend in Enumclaw.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2021

It was plainly a woman riding sidesaddle, and not their mother, either.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson