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stock saddle

American  
stock saddle British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of stock saddle

First recorded in 1885–90

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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

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

The heavy stock saddle, its quantities of leather all richly beflowered, was mounted on a trestle beside him.

From The Wrong Woman by Stewart, Charles D.

There’s a stock saddle there, on the fence.”

From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Cullum, Ridgwell

Say, he wus the harmlessest lad as ever jerked a rope or slung a leg over a stock saddle.

From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Cullum, Ridgwell

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