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English[edit]

The Homer Saddle (sense 5) in Fiordland, New Zealand. The road to Milford Sound goes through the Homer Tunnel beneath it.
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sod-dʰlo-, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”) + *-dʰlom (instrumental suffix). Cognate with Scots sadil, Saterland Frisian Soadel, West Frisian seal, Dutch zadel, Low German Sadel, German Sattel, Danish sadel, Swedish sadel, Icelandic söðull, Russian седло́ (sedló).
Noun[edit]
saddle (plural saddles)
- A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
- An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
- A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.
- A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
- 1870, The Cook and Housewife's Manual (5th edition)
- A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout: or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup […]
- 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy ni the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 272:
- Certainly, in the gravy soups, turbot, hare, roast saddles, cabinet puddings, boiled eggs at tea-time and bread and butter and meat paste with the morning tray, one tasted one's own decadence[.]
- 1870, The Cook and Housewife's Manual (5th edition)
- A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 483:
- With Lizzie leading, they scrambled quickly over several false peaks towards the saddle.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 483:
- (mining) A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, especially in Australia.
- The raised floorboard in a doorway.
- (construction) A small tapered or sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
- (nautical) A block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
- (engineering) A part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
- The clitellum of an earthworm.
- Any of the saddle-like markings on a boa constrictor.
- A saddle shoe.
- 1972, Judy Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (page 56)
- 'Brown-and-white saddles for Fudge and loafers for Peter.'
'OK, Peter... let's see how those feet have grown.'
I slipped out of my old shoes and stood up.
- 'Brown-and-white saddles for Fudge and loafers for Peter.'
- 1972, Judy Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (page 56)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
seat on an animal
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harness saddle on an animal
seat on a bicycle etc
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cut of meat
low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills
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raised floorboard in a doorway
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the clitellus of an earthworm
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English sadelen, from Old English sadolian, from Proto-Germanic *sadulōną.
Verb[edit]
saddle (third-person singular simple present saddles, present participle saddling, simple past and past participle saddled)
- (transitive) To put a saddle on (an animal).
- To get into a saddle.
- (transitive) To burden or encumber.
- He has been saddled with the task of collecting evidence of the theft.
- They went shopping and left me saddled with two children to look after.
Translations[edit]
to put a saddle on
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to get into a saddle
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to burden
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Descendants[edit]
- → Japanese: サドル (sadoru)
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