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`saddle
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`noun, often attributive sad·dle \ˈsa-dəl\
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`Simple Definition of saddle
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`• : a leather-covered seat that is put on the back of a horse
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`• : a seat on a bicycle or motorcycle
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`Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
`Examples: saddle in a sentence
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`Full Definition of saddle
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`1. 1a (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 placeb : a seat to be straddled by the rider of a vehicle (as a bicycle)
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`2. 2 : a device mounted as a support and often shaped to fit the object held
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`3. 3a : a ridge connecting two higher elevationsb : a pass in a mountain range
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`4. 4a : both sides of the unsplit back of a carcass including both loinsb : a colored marking on the back of an animalc : the rear part of a male fowl's back extending to
`the tail — see duck illustration
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`5. 5 : the central part of the spine of the binding of a book
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`5/27/2016
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`6. 6 : a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
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`saddleless play \-dəl-(l)əs\ adjective
`in the saddle
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`1. : in control
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`Examples of saddle in a sentence
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`1. <the next day's hike was a stiff climb out of the saddle where they had camped for the night>
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`Illustration of saddle
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`Origin of saddle
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`Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol; akin to Old High German satul saddle
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`First Known Use: before 12th century
`Related to saddle
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`Synonyms
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`col, couloir, defile, flume, gap, gill [British], gorge, gulch, gulf, kloof [South African], linn [chiefly Scottish], notch, pass, ravine, canyon
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`Related Words
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`abyss, chasm, cirque, cleft, crevasse, crevice, cwm [chiefly British], fissure; combe (also coombe or coomb) [British], dale, dell, glen, hollow, shut-in, vale, valley; basin,
`floodplain, kettle; arroyo, barranca (also barranco), coulee, draw, gully (also gulley), gutter, nullah, trench, trough, wadi, wash [West]
`Other Equestrian Terms
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`canter, cantle, curry, farrier, hunter, paddock, router, skirt, tack
`Rhymes with saddle
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`addle, paddle, raddle, spraddle, staddle, straddle
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`5/27/2016