saddle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ædəl

[edit] Etymology 1

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

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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.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English sadolian

[edit] Verb

to 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.

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• Anagrams of addels
• addles