saddle
pronunciation
How to pronounce saddle in British English:
UK [ˈsædl]
How to pronounce saddle in American English:
US [ˈsædl]
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- Noun:
- a seat for the rider of a horse
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
- a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
- a seat for the rider of a bicycle
- posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
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- Verb:
- put a saddle on
- load or burden; encumber
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
Word Origin
- saddle
- saddle: [OE] Saddle comes from a prehistoric Germanic *sathulaz, which also produced German sattel, Dutch zadel, and Swedish sadel. Etymologically it no doubt signifies something to ‘sit’ on, hailing ultimately from the Indo- European base *sed- ‘sit’, from which English gets sit.=> sit
- saddle (n.)
- Old English sadol "seat for a rider," from Proto-Germanic *sathulaz (cognates: Old Norse söðull, Old Frisian sadel, Dutch zadel, zaal, German Sattel "saddle"), from PIE *sed- (1) "to sit" (cognates: Latin sedere "to sit," Old Church Slavonic sedlo "saddle;" see sedentary). Figurative phrase in the saddle "in an active position of management" is attested from 1650s. Saddle stitch (n.) was originally in bookbinding (1887).
- saddle (v.)
- Old English sadolian "to put a riding saddle on;" see saddle (n.). The meaning "to load with a burden" is first recorded 1690s. Related: Saddled; saddling.
Antonym
Example
- 1. After a delicious feast , it is time to saddle up .
- 2. Four thousand dollars , man , and a saddle .
- 3. Over a doner kebab I resolved to find a bicycle shop and buy a new saddle as quickly as possible .
- 4. The bike 's frame , wheels , handlebars and saddle are all made of cardboard in this way , and then fitted together .
- 5. That is also because sitting high in the saddle you can spend more time looking around rather than at where next to place your boots .