Word: Saddle
How to pronounce: sædl
Noun
Definitions:
1. A seat fastened on the back of a horse or other animal for riding, typically made of leather and raised at the front and rear.
Example sentences: "Proper Tuareg riding saddles are placed in front of the camel's hump and you sit cross-legged with your bare feet resting on the camel's neck."
2. A low part of a ridge between two higher points or peaks.
Example sentences: "Follow the road which goes across the saddle between two tors"
3. A shaped support on which a cable, wire, or pipe rests.
Example sentences: "The design also has two pinions on top of the grader's saddle for superior support."
4. The lower part of the back in a mammal or fowl, especially when distinct in shape or marking.
Example sentences: "Feathers at the rear of a rooster's saddle"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Put a saddle on (a horse)
Example sentences: "He was in the stable saddling up his horse"
Synonyms:
col
seat
cantle
burden
charge
caliper
encumber
pass
Antonyms:
unsaddle
Derivations:
saddling
saddler
saddled
saddleback
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Saddle in Other Languages...
Spanish: Saddle
German: Damensattel
French: Selle
Italian: Sella
Turkish: Eyer
