saddle
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sod-tlō-, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). Cognate with Scots sadil, Saterland Frisian Soadel, West Frisian seal, Dutch zadel, Low German Sadel, German Sattel, Danish sadel, Swedish sadel, Icelandic söðull.
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
- 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:
- The raised floorboard in a doorway.
- (construction) A small tapered/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 clitellus of an earthworm.
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from saddle
Translations[edit]
seat on an animal
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harness saddle on an animal
seat on a bicycle etc
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low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills
raised floorboard in a doorway
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Etymology 2[edit]
Old English sadolian
Verb[edit]
saddle (third-person singular simple present saddles, present participle saddling, simple past and past participle saddled)
- To put a saddle on an animal.
- To get into a saddle.
- (idiomatic) To burden or encumber.
- (idiomatic) To give a responsibility to someone.
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- He has been saddled with the task of collecting evidence to the theft.
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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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