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Webster 1913 Edition
Saddle
Sad′dle
,Noun.
[OE.
sadel
, AS. sadol
; akin to D. zadel
, G. sattel
, OHG. satal
, satul
, Icel. söðull
, Dan. & Sw. sadel
; cf. Russ. siedlo
; all perh. ultimately from the root of E. sit
.] 1.
A seat for a rider, – usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse’s back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.
2.
A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.
3.
A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side;
as, a
saddle
of mutton, of venison, etc.4.
(Naut.)
A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.
5.
(Mach.)
A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
6.
(Zool.)
The clitellus of an earthworm.
7.
(Arch.)
The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; – so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors.
Saddle bar
(Arch.)
, one the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured.
Oxf. Gloss.
– Saddle gall
(Far.)
, a sore or gall upon a horse's back, made by the saddle.
– Saddle girth
, a band passing round the body of a horse to hold the saddle in its place.
– saddle horse
, a horse suitable or trained for riding with a saddle.
– Saddle joint
, in sheet-metal roofing, a joint formed by bending up the edge of a sheet and folding it downward over the turned-up edge of the next sheet.
– Saddle roof
, (Arch.)
, a roof having two gables and one ridge; – said of such a roof when used in places where a different form is more common;
– as, a tower surmounted by a
. Called also saddle roof
saddleback roof
. Saddle shell
(Zool.)
, any thin plicated bivalve shell of the genera
Placuna
and Anomia
; – so called from its shape. Called also saddle oyster
.Sad′dle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Saddled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Saddling
.] [AS.
sadelian
.] 1.
To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding.
“saddle my horse.” Shak.
Abraham rose up early, . . . and
saddled
his ass. Gen. xxii. 3.
2.
Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber;
as, to
. saddle
a town with the expense of bridges and highwaysWebster 1828 Edition
Saddle
SADDLE
,Noun.
1.
A seat to be placed on a horse's back for the rider to sit on. Saddles are variously made, as the common saddle and the hunting saddle, and for females the side-saddle.2.
Among seamen, a cleat or block of wood nailed on the lower yard-arms to retain the studding sail-booms in their place. The name is given also to other circular pieces of wood; as the saddle of the bow-spirit.