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Meaning
Noun
●
In Horse tack:
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.
A
similar
implement
used to
secure
goods
to
animals
; a packsaddle.
●
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.
Synonym of
harness saddle
(“the part of a
harness
which
supports
the
weight
of
poles
or
shafts
attaching
a
vehicle
to a
horse
or other animal”)
A
cushion
used as a
seat
in a
cart
or other vehicle.
The
immovable
seat
of a
bicycle
,
motorcycle
, or
similar
vehicle.
Chiefly
preceded
by the: horse-riding as an
activity
or occupation.
Synonym of
saddle brown
(“a
medium
brown
colour
,
like that
of
saddle
leather”)
●
Something
resembling
a
saddle
(sense 1) in
appearance
or shape.
A low point, in the
shape
of a
saddle
, between two hills.
A
cut
of
meat
that includes both
loins
and part of the backbone.
●
In Construction:
Something
resembling
a
saddle
(sense 1) in
appearance
or shape.
A small
sloped
or
tapered
structure that helps
channel
surface water
to drains.
The
raised
floorboard
in a doorway.
●
In Dentistry:
Something
resembling
a
saddle
(sense 1) in
appearance
or shape.
The part of a
denture
which
holds
the
artificial
teeth.
●
In Engineering:
Something
resembling
a
saddle
(sense 1) in
appearance
or shape.
An
equipment
part, such as a
flange
, which is
hollowed out
to
fit
upon a
convex
surface
and
serve
as a means of
attachment
or support.
●
In Geology:
Something
resembling
a
saddle
(sense 1) in
appearance
or shape.
An
anticline
(“fold with
strata
sloping
downwards
on each
side
”);
specifically
, a
depression
located
along the
axial
trend
of such a
fold
.
●
In Australian English, Geology & Mining:
Something
resembling
a
saddle
(sense 1) in
appearance
or shape.
An
anticline
(“fold with
strata
sloping
downwards
on each
side
”);
specifically
, a
depression
located
along the
axial
trend
of such a
fold
.
Synonym of
saddle reef
(“a
saddle
-shaped
bedded
mineral
(usually
gold-bearing
quartz
)
vein
occurring
along the
crest
of an
anticline
or (less common) a
syncline
(an
inverted
saddle
)”)
●
In Geometry:
Something
resembling
a
saddle
(sense 1) in
appearance
or shape.
Synonym of
saddle point
(“a point in the range of a
smooth function
, every
neighbourhood
of which
contains
points
on each
side
of its
tangent
plane”)
●
In Lutherie:
Something
resembling
a
saddle
(sense 1) in
appearance
or shape.
The part of a
guitar
which
supports
the
strings
and, in an
acoustic guitar
,
transfers
their
vibrations
through the
bridge
to the soundboard.
A small
object
(traditionally
made of
ebony
)
at the bottom of
a
string instrument
such as a
cello
,
viola
, or
violin
below the
tailpiece
on which the
tailgut
(“cord
securing
the
tailpiece
to the
instrument
”) rests.
●
In Nautical, Bicycle parts & Horse tack:
Something
resembling
a
saddle
(sense 1) in
appearance
or shape.
A
block
of
wood
with
concave
depressions
at the
top
and
bottom
, usually
fastened
to one
spar
and
shaped
to
receive
the
end of
another.
●
In Zoology:
Something
resembling
a
saddle
(sense 1) in
appearance
or shape.
The
clitellum
of an
earthworm
(family Lumbricidae).
The lower part of the back of a
domestic
fowl
, especially a
male
bird
,
bearing
the
saddle feathers
or
saddle
hackles.
●
In Zoology & Footwear:
Something
resembling
a
saddle
(sense 1) in
appearance
or shape.
In
full
saddle
marking
or
saddle
patch
: a
saddle
-like
marking
on an
animal
, such
as one
on the back of
an
adult
harp seal
or
saddleback seal
(Pagophilus groenlandicus), or any of
numerous
such
markings
on a
boa constrictor
(Boa
constrictor
).
●
In American English & Canadian English:
Something
resembling
a
saddle
(sense 1) in
appearance
or shape.
A
piece
of
leather
stitched
across the
instep
of a
shoe
, usually having a different
colour
from the
rest
of the
shoe
.
●
In American English, Canadian English & Footwear:
Something
resembling
a
saddle
(sense 1) in
appearance
or shape.
Synonym of
saddle oxford
or
saddle shoe
(“a
shoe
,
resembling
an
oxford
, which has a
saddle
(sense 11.1)”)
Verb
●
To
put
a
saddle
(noun
sense
1) on (an animal).
●
To
put
(something)
on to
another
thing
like a
saddle
on an animal.
●
To
enter
(a
trained
horse
) into a race.
●
Chiefly
followed by
with: to
burden
or
encumber
(someone) with some problem or responsibility.
●
Chiefly
followed by
on or upon: to place (a
burden
or
responsibility
) or
thrust
(a problem) on someone.
●
To control or
restrain
(someone
or something
),
as if
using a
saddle
; to
bridle
, to
harness
, to
rein
in.
●
To get (someone) to do a
burdensome
task.
●
In Woodworking:
To
cut
a saddle-shaped
notch
in (a
log
or other
piece
of
wood
) so it can
fit together
with other such
logs
or
pieces
; also, to
fit
(logs or other
pieces
of
wood
)
together with
this method.
●
To
put
something
on to
(another
thing
) like a
saddle
on an animal.
●
In American English & Canadian English:
Often
followed by
up.
To
put
a
saddle
on an animal.
Of a person: to
get into
a saddle.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
saddle
English
sadol
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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