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saddle

UK/ˈsædl̩/ US/ˈsæd(ə)l/ fairly common us
noun (6) verb (3)

noun

1.

a seat for the rider of a horse

2.

a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)

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3.

cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins

4.

a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe

5.

a seat for the rider of a bicycle

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6.

verb

1.

put a saddle on

  • “saddle the horses”
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2.

load or burden; encumber

  • “he saddled me with that heavy responsibility”
3.

impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

  • “He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend”
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Origin

From Middle English sadelen (“to put a saddle on (an animal), to saddle”) [and other forms], from Old English sadolian, sadelian, sadilian (“to saddle”), from Proto-Germanic *sadulōną (“to saddle”), from *sadulaz (“a saddle”, noun) (see further at etymology 1) + *-ōną (suffix forming denominative verbs from nouns). Cognates * Middle Dutch sādelen (modern Dutch zadelen) * Middle Low German sādelen * Old Danish sathlæ (modern Danish sadle) * Old High German satalōn, satulōn (Middle High German satelen, sateln, German satteln) * Old Norse sǫðla * Old Swedish saþla (modern Swedish sadla)

Phrases

  • back in the saddle
  • boots and saddles
  • burr in one's saddle
  • burr under one's saddle
  • dressage saddle
  • elfin saddle
  • English saddle
  • in the saddle
  • saddle up
  • saddle with

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