Saddle

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

1. Template:Senseid A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
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   1. A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.
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   3. A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.
   4. The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
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      1. Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.
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2. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
   1. A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
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   2. A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
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      1. A small sloped or tapered structure that helps channel surface water to drains. Template:Rfv-sense
      2. The raised floorboard in a doorway. Template:Rfv-sense
   4. Template:Lb The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.
   5. Template:Lb An equipment part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
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      1. The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.
      2. A small object (traditionally made of ebony) at the bottom of a string instrument such as a cello, viola, or violin below the tailpiece on which the Template:L rests.
   9. Template:Lb A block of wood with concave depressions at the top and bottom, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
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       1. The clitellum of an earthworm (family Template:Taxfmt).
       2. The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, especially a male bird, bearing the saddle feathers or saddle hackles.
       3. In full saddle marking or saddle patch: a saddle-like marking on an animal, such as one on the back of an adult harp seal or saddleback seal (Template:Taxfmt), or any of numerous such markings on a boa constrictor (Template:Taxfmt).
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       1. A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, usually having a different colour from the rest of the shoe.
       2. Template:Synonym of or saddle shoe (“a shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle (sense 11.1)”)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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   1. To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
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   2. To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.
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      1. To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
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      3. Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.
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      4. Template:Lb To control or restrain (someone or something), as if using a saddle; to bridle, to harness, to rein in.
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      5. Template:Lb To get (someone) to do a burdensome task.
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   4. Template:Lb To cut a saddle-shaped notch in (a log or other piece of wood) so it can fit together with other such logs or pieces; also, to fit (logs or other pieces of wood) together with this method.
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   1. To put a saddle on an animal.
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   2. Of a person: to get into a saddle.
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Usage notes

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