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Saddle horse   /sˈædəl hɔrs/   Listen
noun
Saddle  n.  
1.
A seat for a rider, usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.
2.
A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.
3.
A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc.
4.
(Naut.) A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.
5.
(Mach.) A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
6.
(Zool.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
7.
(Arch.) The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors.
8.
(Phys. Geog.) A ridge connected two higher elevations; a low point in the crest line of a ridge; a col.
9.
(Mining) A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, esp. in Australia.
Saddle bar (Arch.), one the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured.
Saddle gall (Far.), a sore or gall upon a horse's back, made by the saddle.
Saddle girth, a band passing round the body of a horse to hold the saddle in its place.
saddle horse, a horse suitable or trained for riding with a saddle.
Saddle joint, in sheet-metal roofing, a joint formed by bending up the edge of a sheet and folding it downward over the turned-up edge of the next sheet.
Saddle roof, (Arch.), a roof having two gables and one ridge; said of such a roof when used in places where a different form is more common; as, a tower surmounted by a saddle roof. Called also saddleback roof.
Saddle shell (Zool.), any thin plicated bivalve shell of the genera Placuna and Anomia; so called from its shape. Called also saddle oyster.





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"Saddle horse" Quotes from Famous Books



... happen to him on the way!" raged Dolph, wheeling about like a flash. His saddle horse, ready for action, stood tied to a tree near by. Gage leaped into his saddle after he had ...
— The Young Engineers in Nevada • H. Irving Hancock
... between the leafy banks. Thin smoke went straight up from the chimney; the flowers in the garden, the hawthorn in the lane, hung down their heads in the heat; the stillness was broken only by the sound of hoofs. For right before the gate a livery servant rode slowly up and down, leading a saddle horse. And in this last Dick shuddered ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI • Robert Louis Stevenson
... have forage for our saddle horses," said Joel to his brother, the evening after Forrest's departure. "The rain has helped our corn until it will make fodder, but that isn't enough. Pa cut hay in this valley, and I know where I can mow a ton any morning. Mr. Quince said we'd have to stable a saddle horse apiece this winter, and those mules will have to be fed. The grass has greened up since the rain, and it will be no trick at all to make ten to fifteen tons of hay. Help me grind the scythe, and we'll put in every spare hour haying. While you ride around the cattle every ...
— Wells Brothers • Andy Adams


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