saddle
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Definition
noun (English)
1. A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.Examples: "[A] good horſeman, […] is ſkilfull to knovv, and hable to tell others, hovv, by certain ſure ſignes, a man may choiſe a colte, that is like to prove an other day excellent for the ſaddle."; "[A]nd the third ſort [of camel] are called Ragnahil, vvhich are of lovver ſtature and learner bodies then the reſidue, vnfit for burthen, and therefore are vſed for the ſaddle, by all the Noble men of Numidia, Arabia, and Libia: […]"; "Well said!—are thy friends ripe for the saddle?"broadly
2. A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.Synonyms: saddle brownbroadly
3. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
4. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.Examples: "[…] with this arrangement the cylinders are cast separately from the saddle, and bolted to the frames on each side with a fabricated stiffener between the frames. This stiffener is carried up to form the saddle for the smokebox, and within it is fitted the exhaust pipes from the cylinders to the blast pipe."
5. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
6. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.Synonyms: saddle reefAustralia
verb (English)
1. (transitive)Examples: "Then roſe Balaam vp in the mornynge, & ſadled his Aſſe, & wente wͪ the prynces of yͤ Moabites."; "Saddle your horſe on the race day in the ſtable before you leade him forth, and fixe both the pannell and the girthes to his backe and ſides vvith Shooe-makers vvaxe to preuent all daungers."; "vno pienſa el Báyo, otro que lo ensilla, the bay horſe thinketh one thing, and he that ſaddleth him thinketh another thing."transitive
2. (transitive)Examples: "Reſolv'd for Sea, the Slaves thy Baggage pack; / Each ſaddled, vvith his Burden on his back: […]"; "The centre of the nest is what I would call saddled on the bough, the materials being laid so that the nest is thinner in its middle part and thicker at the two opposite sides, so as to have a firm hold."transitive
3. (transitive)figurativelytransitive
4. (transitive)Examples: "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."; "He is saddled with house payments now, so he can't afford to spend more money."figurativelytransitive
5. (transitive)Examples: "I did not dislose the name of the man I proposed, because I found her only too eager to marry anyone upon whom she could saddle her debts, and so make him either pay them or change places with her."figurativelytransitive
6. (transitive)Examples: "But he never would believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden."archaicfigurativelytransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary