saddle
put a saddle on
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,303 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,553 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- put a saddle on saddle the horses
- load or burden; encumber he saddled me with that heavy responsibility
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to also: charge, burden He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
noun
- a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) also: saddleback
- 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 also: bicycle seat
saddle in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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A worn saddle cloth was "thrown in" for good measure.
The High School Boys' Canoe Club · H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock · Chapter 1
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He closer tied her little hands Unto his saddle bow.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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He ate and drank like a man more at home at table than in the saddle.
The Countess of Saint Geran Celebrated Crimes · Alexandre Dumas · Chapter 1
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His face is as brown as saddle leather, with a touch of apple red in it from the sun.
Half-Past Seven Stories · Robert Gordon Anderson · Chapter 1
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The longest hour that I have ever known, Joseph complained two hours later; and Azariah laid his cloak over Joseph's saddle.
The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story · George Moore · Chapter 1