stock saddle

American  

noun

1. Western saddle.

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stock saddle British  

noun

1. a cowboy's saddle, esp an ornamental one

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Etymology

Origin of stock saddle

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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stock saddle

Dressed in embroidered western shirts, Howard surveyed his ranch from a stock saddle on a cow pony.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Howard began slipping out to the barn in the morning with Pollard, and one day when the urge was too strong they got out a stock saddle and cinched it on Seabiscuit.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

For a moment he glanced back over his shoulder, then moved onward in her direction, followed, after a while, by some twenty riders, each with a carbine poised across the horn of his stock saddle.

From Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout by Leighton, Robert

A frying-pan, some salt pork, and a hatchet, made up a light pack, which, with the bedding, I fastened across the stock saddle by means of a rope and a spare packing cinch.

From Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches by Roosevelt, Theodore

The stock saddle, with its high horn and deep seat, was not so different from what I’d been used to—except as to weight.

From The Land of Frozen Suns by Sinclair, Bertrand W.