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

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Example Sentences

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sidesaddle

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

For Pimienta, that can include trudging through the mud, galloping sidesaddle, practicing synchronized routines on horseback with her escaramuza team, which consists of eight women.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021

Towers: I was riding sidesaddle and had to do a lot of my stunt work.

From Fox News ● Sep. 5, 2021

It was there I saw a woman riding sidesaddle astride a great black palfrey whose saddle and harness were trimmed with gleaming silver.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

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