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Entry 11 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Saddle

/săd'-əl/ · Sad·dle · IPA /ˈsæd(ə)l/
01 n. 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 …
  1. 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. 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. 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. 4.
    A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.(Naut.)
  5. 5.
    A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.(Mach.)
  6. 6.
    The clitellus of an earthworm.(Zool.)
  7. 7.
    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.(Arch.)
  8. 8.
    A ridge connected two higher elevations; a low point in the crest line of a ridge; a col.(Phys. Geog.)
  9. 9.
    A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, esp. in Australia.(Mining)
Phrases & compounds
Saddle bar — one the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured.
Saddle gall — 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 — 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 saddle roof. Called also saddleback roof.
Saddle shell — any thin plicated bivalve shell of the genera Placuna and Anomia; -- so called from its shape. Called also saddle oyster.
02 v. t. To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding.
imp. & p. p. Saddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Saddling
  1. 1.
    To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding.
    “Abraham rose up early, . . . and saddled his ass.” — Gen. xxii. 3.
  2. 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 highways.