saddle

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
8. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
9. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
10. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
11. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
12. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
13. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
14. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
15. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
16. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
17. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
18. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
19. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
20. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
21. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
22. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.
23. Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.

Verb

1. To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
2. To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.
3. To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
4. Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.
5. Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.
6. To control or restrain (someone or something), as if using a saddle; to bridle, to harness, to rein in.
7. (obsolete) To get (someone) to do a burdensome task.
8. 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.
9. (obsolete) To put something on to (another thing) like a saddle on an animal.
10. Often followed by up.
11. Often followed by up.

Synonyms

burden

seat

💺

saddleback

bicycle seat

horse-saddle

packsaddle

chair

🪑

charge

harness

command

crab

🦀

cradle

dimple

direct

dorsum

encumber

enjoin

lade

load

order

pack saddle

pass

pigskin

pillion

prescribe

recess

ship

🚢

shoulder blade

skids

sleigh

slider

surcharge

tell

weigh down

weight down

barge into

clutter up

lay the blame on

sella

montura

saddle grafting

slide plate

crane carriage

slipper block

saddle-pad

pôr sela em

chute board

sliding saddle

sliding plate

return board

slide board

slip board

return bottom

sledge runners

operating slide

gap bridge

bridge piece

riding saddle

Beeson Dusties

back

🔙

yuke tree

backbone

bat

🦇

bedaub

bench

bid

carriage

clog

col

Hyphenated as

sad‧dle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsædl̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sadel

Inherited from Old English: sadol

Cognate with Danish: sadel

Cognate with Dutch: zadel

Cognate with German: Sattel

Cognate with Icelandic: söðull

Cognate with Low German: Sadel

Cognate with Russian: седло́

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Soadel

Cognate with Scots: sadil

Cognate with Swedish: sadel

Cognate with Western Frisian: seal

Inherited from Middle English: sadelen

Inherited from Old English: sadolian

Cognate with Middle Dutch: sādelen

Cognate with Dutch: zadelen

Cognate with Middle Low German: sādelen

Cognate with Danish: sadle

Cognate with Old High German: satalōn

Cognate with Middle High German: satelen

Cognate with German: satteln

Cognate with Old Norse: sǫðla

Cognate with Swedish: sadla

In summary

From Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol, from Proto-West Germanic *sadul, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz (“saddle”). Further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sod-dʰlo-, from *sed- (“to sit”) + *-dʰlom (a variant of *-trom (suffix forming nouns denoting instruments or tools)), though the Oxford English Dictionary says this “presents formal difficulties”.
cognates
* Danish sadel
* Dutch zadel
* German Sattel
* Icelandic söðull
* Low German Sadel
* Russian седло́ (sedló)
* Saterland Frisian Soadel
* Scots sadil
* Swedish sadel
* West Frisian seal