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Definitions for Saddle

[1] a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
[2] a similar seat on a bicycle, tractor, etc.
[3] a part of a harness laid across the back of an animal and girded under the belly, to which the terrets and checkhook are attached.
[4] something resembling a saddle in shape, position, or function.
[5] the part of the back of an animal where a saddle is placed.
[6] (of mutton, venison, lamb, etc.) a cut comprising both loins. this cut, trimmed and prepared for roasting.
[7] (of poultry) the posterior part of the back.
[8] a ridge connecting two higher elevations.
[9] the covering of a roof ridge.
[10] bolster(def 7) .
[11] a raised piece of flooring between the jambs of a doorway.
[12] an inverted bracket bearing on the axle of a railroad car wheel as a support for the car body.
[13] Ordnance . the support for the trunnion on some gun carriages.
[14] Machinery . a sliding part for spanning a space or other parts to support something else, as the cross slide and toolholder of a lathe.
[15] a strip of leather, often of a contrasting color, sewn on the vamp or instep of a shoe and extending to each side of the shank.
[16] saddle shoe.
[17] Ceramics . a bar of refractory clay, triangular in section, for supporting one side of an object being fired.
[18] (in a suspension bridge) a member at the top of a tower for supporting a cable.
[19] to put a saddle on: to saddle a horse.
[20] to load or charge, as with a burden: He has saddled himself with a houseful of impecunious relatives.
[21] to impose as a burden or responsibility.
[22] to put a saddle on a horse (often followed by up ).
[23] to mount into the saddle (often followed by up ).
[24] in the saddle , in a position to direct or command; in control. at work; on the job.
[25] a seat for a rider, usually made of leather, placed on a horse's back and secured with a girth under the belly
[26] a similar seat on a bicycle, tractor, etc, made of leather or steel
[27] a back pad forming part of the harness of a packhorse
[28] anything that resembles a saddle in shape, position, or function
[29] a cut of meat, esp mutton, consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
[30] the part of a horse or similar animal on which a saddle is placed
[31] the part of the back of a domestic chicken that is nearest to the tail
[32] civil engineering a block on top of one of the towers of a suspension bridge that acts as a bearing surface over which the cables or chains pass
[33] engineering the carriage that slides on the bed of a lathe and supports the slide rest, tool post, or turret
[34] the nontechnical name for clitellum
[35] another name for col (def. 1)
[36] a raised piece of wood or metal for covering a doorsill
[37] in the saddle in a position of control
[38] (sometimes foll by up) to put a saddle on (a horse)
[39] (intr) to mount into the saddle
[40] (tr) to burden; charge I didn't ask to be saddled with this job

Words related to Saddle

seat, pillion, howdah, packsaddle

Words nearby Saddle

sadat, anwar, saddam hussein, sadden, sadder but wiser, saddharma-pundarika, saddle, saddle back, saddle blanket, saddle block, saddle block anesthesia, saddle embolus

Origin of Saddle

before 900; (noun) Middle English sadel, Old English sadol; cognate with German Sattel, Old Norse sǫthull; (v.) Middle English sad(e)len, Old English sadolian, derivative of the noun; akin to sit1

Other words from Saddle

sad·dle·less , adjective
sad·dle·like , adjective
re·sad·dle , verb, re·sad·dled, re·sad·dling.

Word origin for Saddle

Old English sadol, sædel; related to Old Norse sothull, Old High German satul

Synonyms for Saddle

howdah, packsaddle, pillion, seat