saddle

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• Rhymes: -ædəl

Etymology 1

From Old English sadol, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sod-tlō-, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Noun

An "English" style saddle used for riding horses.

saddle (plural saddles)

1. A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
2. An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal
3. A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle etc
4. A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone
5. A ridge, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills
6. The raised floorboard in a doorway.
7. (construction) A small tapered/sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.

Derived terms

terms derived from saddle

dressage saddle English saddle in the saddle jumping saddle park saddle packsaddle

racing saddle saddleback saddlebag sidesaddle western saddle

Translations

seat on an animal

Afrikaans: saal Albanian: shalë f. Armenian: թամբ (hy) (t'amb) Croatian: sedlo (hr) n. Czech: sedlo (cs) n. Dutch: zadel m./n. Esperanto: selo (eo) Finnish: satula (fi) French: selle (fr) f. Georgian: უნაგირი (ka) German: Sattel (de) m. Hungarian: nyereg (hu) Icelandic: hnakkur (is), söðull (is) m. Ido: selo (io) Italian: sella (it) f.

Japanese: 鞍 (くら kura) Latgalian: sadli Latvian: sedli (lv), segli (lv) Lithuanian: balnas (lt) Macedonian: седло (mk) (sédlo) n. Norwegian: sal (no) m. Polish: siodło (pl) n. Portuguese: sela (pt) f. Romanian: șa (ro) f. Russian: седло (ru) n. Serbian: sedlo, sedalo Spanish: silla (de montar) f., sillín (es) m. Turkish: eyer (tr) West Frisian: seal (fy)

harness saddle on an animal

Catalan: sella (ca) f. Dutch: zadelen (nl), opzadelen (nl) Finnish: sila, selustin, setolkka

French: sellette (fr) f. Spanish: sillín, sillopín

seat on a bicycle etc

Czech: sedlo (cs) n. Dutch: zadel m./n. Finnish: satula (fi) German: Sattel (de) m. Icelandic: hnakkur (is) m. Italian: sellino (it) m. Japanese: サドル (さどる sadoru) Macedonian: седиште (mk) (sédište) n., седло (mk) (sédlo) n.

Norwegian: sete (no) n. Polish: siodełko n. Portuguese: selim (pt) m. Russian: седло (ru) n. Serbian: sedlo (sr), sedište (sr) Spanish: sillín m. Turkish: sele (tr)

cut of meat

Dutch: zadelstuk (nl) n. Finnish: satula (fi)

German: Rücken (de) m.

ridge between two hills

Czech: sedlo (cs) n. Dutch: zadel (nl) n. Finnish: satula (fi) German: Sattel (de) m.

Hungarian: hágó (hu) Macedonian: седло (mk) (sédlo) n. Polish: przełęcz (pl) f. Turkish: sırt (tr)

raised floorboard in a doorway

Finnish: kynnyslauta (fi)

Turkish: eşik (tr)

Etymology 2

Old English sadolian

Verb

saddle (third-person singular simple present saddles, present participle saddling, simple past and past participle saddled)

1. To put a saddle on an animal.
2. To get into a saddle.
3. (idiomatically) To burden or encumber.

Translations

to put a saddle on

Bosnian: osedlati (bs) Dutch: zadelen (nl) Finnish: satuloida (fi) French: seller (fr) Georgian: შეკაზმვა (ka), უნაგირის დადგმა (ka) German: satteln, besatteln Hungarian: nyergel (hu), felnyergel (hu)

Italian: sellare (it) Macedonian: седла (mk) (sédlа) Norwegian: sale (no) Portuguese: selar (pt) Russian: седлать (ru) (sedlát') impf., оседлать (ru) (osedlát') impf. Spanish: ensillar (es) Turkish: eyerlemek (tr)

to get into a saddle

Bosnian: zajahati (bs) Finnish: nousta (fi) satulaan (fi) German: aufsatteln

Hungarian: felszáll (hu) (lóra), nyeregbe száll (hu) Macedonian: се вседлува (mk) (se vsédluva)

to burden

Bosnian: zajahati (bs) Dutch: opzadelen (nl), opschepen (nl) Finnish: kuormittaa (fi)

German: (sich etw.) aufhalsen Italian: appioppare (it)

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