Results for saddle
Definitions of saddle:
part of speech: verb transitive
To equip with a seat for a rider; burden or embarrass; as, to saddle a town with debt.
part of speech: noun
A seat for a rider on a horse's back, a bicycle, etc.; anything shaped like a saddle, as a certain cut of meat.
part of speech: verb transitive
part of speech: noun
A seat placed on the horse's back for the rider to sit on; among seamen, a block of wood nailed on the lower yard- arms.
part of speech: noun
A seat or pad, generally of leather, for a horse's back: anything like a saddle, as a saddle of mutton ( the two loins undivided), etc.
Usage examples for saddle:
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Why on earth will you saddle the miserable man with a large family so soon?
"Molly Bawn", Margaret Wolfe Hamilton -
There was blood upon the saddle
"Stingaree", E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung -
Saddle the horse and ride to town for the doctor.
"Plays A Protégée of the Mistress; Poverty Is No Crime; Sin and Sorrow Are Common to All; It's a Family Affair--We'll Settle It Ourselves", Alexander Ostrovsky -
You think them not at home in the saddle my lord?
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith