Saddle

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I. noun

Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol; akin to Old High German satul saddle
Date: before 12th century
1.
- a.
  - (1) a girthed usually padded and leather-covered seat for the rider of an animal (as a horse)
  - (2) a part of a driving harness comparable to a saddle that is used to keep the breeching in place
- b. a seat to be straddled by the rider of a vehicle (as a bicycle)
2. a device mounted as a support and often shaped to fit the object held
3.
- a. a ridge connecting two higher elevations
- b. a pass in a mountain range
4.
- a. both sides of the unsplit back of a carcass including both loins
- b. a colored marking on the back of an animal
- c. the rear part of a male fowl's back extending to the tail — see duck illustration
5. the central part of the spine of the binding of a book
6. a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
? saddleless adjective

II. verb (saddled; saddling)

Date: before 12th century
transitive verb
- 1. to put a saddle on
- 2.
  - a. to place under a burden or encumbrance
  - b. to place (an onerous responsibility) on a person or group
intransitive verb
- to mount a saddled horse