Saddle

Noun



 * 1) A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
 * 2) An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal
 * 3) A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle etc
 * 4) A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone
 * 5) A ridge, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills
 * 6) The raised floorboard in a doorway.
 * 7) (construction) A small tapered/sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.

Architecture

1. A small false roof designed to throw off water from behind an obstacle

Carpentry

1. A short horizontal member set on top of a post to spread the load of the girder over it

2. A piece of wood, stone or metal placed under a door

Derived terms

 * dressage saddle
 * English saddle
 * in the saddle
 * jumping saddle
 * park saddle
 * packsaddle


 * racing saddle
 * saddleback
 * saddlebag
 * sidesaddle
 * western saddle

Verb

 * 1) To put a saddle on an animal.
 * 2) To get into a saddle.
 * 3) (idiomatically) To burden or encumber.

Verbs for Saddle
break to—; cling to—; cushion—; ease from ; grip—; ornament—; pad—; perch on—; polish—; rub—; slip from—; stir in—; straddle—; stud—; sway in—; sweep from—; swing into—; tear from—; vault into—.

Thesaurus
Chateaubriand, back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bed, bed down, bellyband, bench, bit, blade roast, blinders, blinds, break, breast, breeching, bridle, brisket, brush, camel saddle, caparison, cavesson, chair, charge, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, chine, chuck, chuck roast, cinch, clod, col, cold cuts, collar, comb, crownband, crupper, cumber, curb, curry, currycomb, curule chair, dais, drench, encumber, esker, feed, fetter, filet mignon, flank, fodder, gag swivel, gentle, girth, groom, hackamore, halter, hames, hametugs, hamper, handle, harness, headgear, headstall, helm, hip straps, hitch, hitch up, hogback, hook up, horseback, howdah, impede, impose, inflict, jaquima, jerk line, jockey saddle, kame, knuckle, lade, lines, litter, load, loin, manage, martingale, milk, noseband, panel, pillion, plate, plate piece, pole strap, pot roast, rack, reins, restrict, rib roast, ribbons, ribs, ridge, roast, rolled roast, round, rub down, rump, rump roast, saddleback, seat, seat of power, seat of state, shaft tug, shank, short ribs, shoulder, shoulder clod, side check, sirloin, snaffle, spine, surcingle, tack, tackle, tame, task, tax, tend, tenderloin, tether, train, trappings, tug, water, weigh, weight, winker braces, woolsack, yoke

Etymology 1
From sadol:, from, from , from.

Etymology 2
Old English sadolian

Noun

 * Afrikaans: saal
 * Albanian: shalë
 * Armenian:
 * Croatian: sedlo
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: zadel /
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: უნაგირი
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 鞍 (くら kura)
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: sedlo, sedalo
 * Spanish: silla (de montar), sillín
 * Turkish:
 * West Frisian:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: sila, selustin, setolkka


 * French: sellette
 * Spanish: sillín, sillopín


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: zadel /
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: サドル (さどる sadoru)
 * Macedonian: ,


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: siodełko
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Spanish: sillín
 * Turkish:


 * Dutch: zadelstuk
 * Finnish:


 * German:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Hungarian: hágó
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:


 * Turkish: eşik

Verb

 * Bosnian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: seller
 * Georgian: შეკაზმვა, უნაგირის დადგმა
 * German: satteln, besatteln
 * Hungarian: nyergel,


 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: седла
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: седлать, оседлать
 * Spanish:


 * Bosnian: zajahati
 * Finnish:
 * German: aufsatteln


 * Hungarian: (lóra),
 * Macedonian: се вседлува


 * Bosnian: zajahati
 * Dutch: opzadelen, opschepen
 * Finnish: kuormittaa


 * German: (sich etw.) aufhalsen
 * Italian:

Anagrams

 * addles