saddle 
In the same file I sold my horse, and my nadyll and 
brydell. Tarkinglon, Diarie of Eng. Travel!, p. 6. 
(6) A part of the harness used for drawing a vehicle. It Is 
a narrow padded cushion laid across the back, and girded 
under the belly, and is usually held in place by a strap 
which passes under and around the tail : the shafts or 
thills are supported by it, the reins pass through rings 
attached to it, and the check-rein or bearing-rein is hooked 
to it. (c) A pack-saddle. See cuts under harness and 
pad-tree. 
2. A seat prepared for a rider otherwise than 
on the back of an animal, but resembling an 
ordinary riding-saddle in design and use, as the 
seat on a bicycle. 3. Something resembling 
a saddle, or part of a saddle, in shape or use. 
(a) In genl., a folded mass of rock in which the strata dip 
on each side away from a central axis-plane ; an anticlinal. 
It is a pretty high island, and very remarkable, by reason 
of two saddles or risings and fallings on the top. 
Dampier, Voyages, an. 1684. 
(6) JVffltrf., a contrivance of wood notched or hollowed out 
and used to support a spar, as a wooden saddle-crutch is 
sometimes used to support the weight of the spanker-boom, 
(c) In mach., a block with a hollowed top to sustain a 
round object, as a rod, upon a bench or bed. (d) A block, 
usually of cast-iron, at the top of a pier of a suspension- 
bridge, over which pass the suspension-cables or -chains 
which support the bridge platform. The saddle rests upon 
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(he use of weapons, and also in some cases affording pro- 
tection to the knees, thighs, etc., by appendages. (See burl | 
:i (c), leg-shield, saddle-bow. ) The war-saddle of the middle 
ages was especially adapted for charging with the lance ; 
toward the thirteenth century it assumed a form which 
enabled the rider to prop himself upon the high cantle 
while standing almost erect in the stirrups, the body be- 
ing thrown forward to aid in holding the lance straight 
and true. 
saddle (sad'l). <v. t. ; pret. and pp. saddled, ppr. 
middling. [< ME. sadelien, sadlen, < AS. sudo- 
lian, sadelian, saddle, = D. zadelen = MLG. sade- 
le.n = OHG. satalon, MHG. satelen, G. satteln = 
Icel. siithla = Sw. sadla = Dan. sadle, saddle ; 
from the noun.] 1. To put a saddle upon : as, 
to saddle a horse. 
The! ronne to here armes, that yet were In her beddys, 
and hadde no leyser hem to clothe, and that was yet a 
faire happe for hem that her horses were redy sadellyd. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 153. 
And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled 
his ass. Gen. xxii. 8. 
2. To load; encumber as with a burden; also, 
to impose as a burden. 
Yes, Jack, the independence I was talking of is by a 
marriage the fortune is saddled with a wife but I sup- 
pose that makes no difference. 
Sheridan, The Rivals, ii. 1. 
If you like not my company, you can saddle yourself on 
some one else. R. L. Stenmton, Master of Ballantrae, ii. 
saddleback (sad'1-bak), . 1. A hill or its 
summit when shaped somewhat like a saddle. 
2. A bastard kind of oyster, unfit for food; 
a racoon-oyster. 3. The great black-backed 
gull: same as blackback, 1. 4. The harp-seal: 
so called from the mark on the back. 
Eink says a full-grown saddle-back weighs about 2.TO 
Ibs. Cassell's Nat. Hist., II. 236. (Encyc. Diet.) 
5. A variety of domestic geese, white, with dark 
feathers on the back like a saddle. 6. The 
larva of the bombycid moth Empretia stimulea : 
Saddle of New York and Brooklyn Bridge. 
//, saddle ; R, elevation of one half of length ; C, section of one 
half of width, a, cable; f, saddle; d, bed-plate ; e, steel rollers upon 
which the saddle rests ; /,f, cradles supporting the overfloor stays, 
E ; ft, studs < .ist on the bed-plate, around which are looped other 
overfloor stays ; *', i, temporary bearinjjs for supports of strands in 
constructing the cable. At the completion of each strand it is lowered 
into the saddle. The saddles each weigh thirteen tons. 
rollers, beneath which is a bed bearing upon the top of 
the pier. The rollers permit a slight movement that 
compensates for the contractions and expansions of the 
cables under varying temperatures, which, if the saddle 
were rigidly secured to the pier, would tend to lessen its 
stability, (e) In rail., the bearing in the axle-box of a 
carriage ; also, a chair or seat for the rails. See cut under 
axle-box. (/) In buOding, a thin board placed on the floor 
in the opening of a doorway, the width of the jambs, (g) 
In zool. and anat., some part or configuration of parts like 
or likened to a saddle. Specifically (1) The cingulum 
or clitellum of a worm. (2) A peculiar mark on or modi- 
fication of the carapace of some crustaceans. See ephip- 
pium. (3) The color-mark on the back of the male harp- 
seal, Phoca (Pagophilus) graenlattdica. (4) Of mutton, 
veal, or venison, a butchers' cut including a part of the 
backbone with the ribs on one side. (5) In cephalopods, 
one of the elevations or salieucies of the sutures of a tetra- 
branchiate, separated from another by an intervening de- 
pression or reentrance called a lobe. (8) In poultry, the 
rump, or lower part of the back, which in the cock is cov- 
ered with long linear hackles technically called saddle- 
feathers, which droop on each side of the root of the tail ; 
also, these feathers collectively. See saddle-feathers, (h) 
In bot., in the leaves of Isoetes, a ridge separating the 
fovea and foveola. (i) A notched support into the re- 
cesses or notches of which a gun is laid to hold it steadily 
in drilling the vent or Douching. (J) In gun-making, the 
base of the foresight of a gun, which is soldered or brazed 
to the barrel. Boots and saddles. See boots. Ka- 
cing-saddle, a small saddle of very light weight, used 
in horse-racing. The great saddle*, the training re- 
quired for accomplished or knightly horsemanship. See 
to ride the great horse, under 'ride. 
The designe is admirable, some keeping neere an hun- 
ilrat brave horses, all managed to y greate saddle. 
Evelyn, Diary, April 1, 1644. 
To put the saddle on the right horse, to impute blame 
whereit is justly deserved. [Colloq.] Turkish saddle, 
the sella Turcica or pituitary fossa of the sphenoid bone. 
- War-saddle, a saddle used by mounted warriors, serv- 
ing by its form t" give such a seat as may best facilitate 
Saddleback Caterpillar ( larva of Jitrtfrttia stimulea). 
a, dorsal surface ; b, lateral surface. ' Natural size, full-grown.) 
so called on account of the saddle-like mark- 
ings on the back. It feeds on cotton, corn, and many 
perennial trees and shruhs, and possesses a fringe of bris- 
tles which have urticating properties. [U. S.] Saddle- 
back roof. Same as saddle-roof. 
saddle-backed (sad'1-bakt), . 1. Hollow- 
backed; sway-backed: said of a horse. 2. 
Having the back marked or colored with the 
appearance of a saddle: said of various ani- 
mals: as, the saddle-backed gull, seal, etc. 
Saddle-backed coping, in arch., a coping thicker in 
the middle than at the edges, so that it delivers each way 
the water that falls upon it. 
saddle-bag (sad'1-bag), . A large bag, usually 
one of a pair, hung from or laid over the saddle, 
and used to carry various articles. Those used in 
the East are made of cloth, especially carpeting, one long 
and broad strip having a kind of pocket made at each end 
by the application of a piece as wide as the strip. Also 
called camel-bag, from its frequent employment on camels. 
The Coptic and Syriac manuscripts were stowed away 
in one side of a great pair of saddle-bags. 
R. Cvrzon, Mouast. in the Levant, p. 90. 
saddle-bar (sad'1-bar), . 1. The side-bar, side- 
plate, or spring-bar of a saddletree. 2. In 
tnnlieral arch., one of several narrow iron bars 
saddle-nosed 
saddle-blanket (sad'l-blang"ket). . A blan- 
ket, of a rather small size and coarse make, 
used folded under a saddle. Such blankets are al- 
most exclusively used In western parts of the United States 
instead of any special saddle-cloth. The ordinary gray 
army blanket is generally selected. 
saddle-bow (sad'l-bo), n. [< ME. sadel-boice, 
Midylle boice, < AS. sadolbotja, sadelboga, sadul- 
boga (= D. zadelboog = MLG. sadelboge = OHG. 
satelbogo, satelpogo, MHG. satelboge, G. sattelbo- 
<jen = Icel. sotliitl-bogi = Sw. sadelb&ge = Dan. 
xtidcluue), a saddle-bow, < sadol, saddle, + boga, 
bow: see saddle and Zioir 2 .] The raised front 
part of a saddle ; hence, the front of a saddle 
in general ; the part from which was often sus- 
pended a weapon, or the helmet, or other arti- 
cle requiring to be within easy reach. 
She lean'd her o'er the saddle-bow, . . . 
To give him a kiss ere she did go. 
The Cruel Brother (Child's Ballads, II. 254). 
One hung a pole-axe at his saddle-bow. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., iii. 3-2. 
saddle-bracket (sad'l-brak"et), . In teleg., a 
bracket shaped somewhat like a saddle, used 
for supporting a telegraph-wire which runs 
along the tops of the poles. 
saddle-clip (sad'1-klip), M. A clip by which a 
spring of a vehicle is secured to the axle. The 
legs of the clip straddle the parts to be joined, 
and are fastened by bolt-nuts. 
saddle-cloth (sad'l-kloth), . A piece of tex- 
tile material used, in connection with the sad- 
dle of a horse, for riding. Especially (a) Such a 
piece of stuff put upon the horse under the saddle and 
extending some distance behind it, intended to preserve 
the rider's dress from contact with the horse, or to protect 
the horse from the saber or the like. In countries where 
costume is rich and varied, such saddle-cloths are some- 
times of great richness. (6) A piece of textile material 
passing under the saddle of a carriage-horse. (See saddle, 
1 (6).) This is sometimes decorated with theowner's crest 
or initials, or in other ways. 
saddle-fast (sad'1-fast), , [= G. sattelfest = 
Sw. Dan. sadelfast; as saddle + fast 1 .'] Seated 
firmly in the saddle. Scott, L. of L. M., iii. 6. 
saddle-feathers (sad'l-feTH"erz), i. pi. In 
poultry j saddle-hackles collectively ; the long 
slender feathers which droop on each side of 
the saddle of the domestic cock. 
saddle-gall (sad'1-gal), . A sore upon a 
horse's back made by the saddle. 
saddle-girth (sad'l-gerth), . A band which is 
passed under a horse's belly, and secured to 
the saddle at each end. It is usually so made 
as to be drawn more or less tight by a buckle. 
8ee cinch and surcingle. 
saddle-graft (sad'l-graft), c. t. To ingraft by 
forming the stock like a wedge and fitting the 
end of the scion over it like a saddle: the re- 
verse of cleft-graft. See cut under grafting. 
saddle-hackle (sad'l-hak"l), . A hackle from 
the saddle or rump of the cock, sometimes 
used by anglers for making artificial flies; a 
saddle-feather: distinguished from neck-Jiactlc 
or liackle. 
saddle-hill (sad'1-hil), . Same as saddleback, I. 
A remarkable saddle-hai. Cook, First Voyage, ii. 7. 
saddle-hook (sad'l-huk),. Same as check-hook. 
saddle-horse (sad'1-hors), . A horse used 
with a saddle for riding. 
saddle-joint (sad'l-joiut), . 1. A joint made 
by turning up the edges of adjacent plates of 
tin or sheet-iron at right angles with the bodies 
of the sheet (one margin so turned up being 
nearly twice as wide as the other), and then 
turning down the broader margin snugly over 
the other so that the margins interlock. 2. 
In (mat., a joint where the articular surfaces 
are inversely convex in one direction and con- 
cave in the other, admitting movement in every 
direction except axial rotation. This joint occurs 
between all saddle-shaped vertebne, as notably in the 
necks of all recent birds and of many reptiles. It is ex- 
emplified in man in the carpometacarpal joint of the 
thumb. Also called reciprocal reception joint. 
id'l-lap), . The skirt of a saddle. 
War-saddle of the uth century. 
(From Viull.'t Ir-DurS Dirt, du Mohilicr fr.inrais.") 
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extending from mullion to mullipn, or through gaddle-lapt (sad 
the mullions across an entire window, to hold He louted ower hi8 mddle 
firmly the stonework and the lead setting of the 
glass. When the bays are wide, upright iron bars, called 
stanchions, are sometimes used in addition to the saddle- 
bars, in which eyes are forged to receive the latter. Com- 
pare stay-bar, and see cut under geometric. 
3. One of the bent, oblique, or straight cross- 
bars or pieces of lead on which the pieces of 
glass used in a design in a stained-glass window 
are placed or seated. 
saddle-billed (sad'1-bild), . Having a saddle 
mi the bill : specifically applied to a large Afri- 
can stork, Ki>lii/ipiiirlii/iifliiiti xfiici/tili'Huiit, trans 
lating the generic name. See 
r/ilin. 
To kiss her ere they part. 
Lord William (Child's Ballads, III. 18). 
saddle-leaf (sad'1-lef). . Same us saddletree, 2. 
saddle-leather (sad'l-leTH"er), . Leatherpre- 
pared specially for saddlers' use. Pig-skin is much 
used, and, as the removal of the bristles gives this leather 
a peculiar indented appearance, the preparation of imita- 
tions from skins of other animals simulates it. Unlike har- 
ness-leather, it is not blackened on the grain side. 
saddle-nail (sad'l-ual), . A short nail with a 
large smooth bend, used in saddlery. E. H. 
Knit/lit. 
saddle-nosed (sad'1-no/d), a. 1. Having a 
broad, flat nose. 
