Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - saddle
Saddle
saddle
n. & v. --n. 1 a seat of leather etc., usu. raised at the front and rear, fastened on a horse etc. for riding. 2 a seat for the rider of a bicycle etc. 3 a joint of meat consisting of the two loins. 4 a ridge rising to a summit at each end. 5 the part of a draught-horse's harness to which the shafts are attached. 6 a part of an animal's back resembling a saddle in shape or marking. 7 the rear part of a male fowl's back. 8 a support for a cable or wire on top of a suspension-bridge, pier, or telegraph-pole. 9 a fireclay bar for supporting ceramic ware in a kiln. --v.tr. 1 put a saddle on (a horse etc.). 2 a (foll. by with) burden (a person) with a task, responsibility, etc. b (foll. by on, upon) impose (a burden) on a person. 3 (of a trainer) enter (a horse) for a race. Phrases and idioms in the saddle 1 mounted. 2 in office or control. saddle-bag 1 each of a pair of bags laid across a horse etc. behind the saddle. 2 a bag attached behind the saddle of a bicycle or motor cycle. saddle-bow the arched front or rear of a saddle. saddle-cloth a cloth laid on a horse's back under the saddle. saddle-horse a horse for riding. saddle-sore chafed by riding on a saddle. saddle stitch a stitch of thread or a wire staple passed through the centre of a magazine or booklet. saddle-tree 1 the frame of a saddle. 2 a tulip-tree (with saddle-shaped leaves). Derivatives saddleless adj. Etymology: OE sadol, sadul f. Gmc
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol; akin to Old High German satul ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a. a girthed usually padded and leather-covered seat for the rider of an animal (as a horse), a part of a driving harness comparable to a ~ that is used to keep the breeching in place, a seat to be straddled by the rider of a vehicle (as a bicycle), a device mounted as a support and often shaped to fit the object held, 3. a ridge connecting two higher elevations, a pass in a mountain range, 4. both sides of the unsplit back of a carcass including both loins, a colored marking on the back of an animal, the rear part of a male fowl's back extending to the tail, the central part of the spine of the binding of a book, a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe, ~less adjective II. verb (~d; saddling) Date: before 12th century transitive verb to put a ~ on, 2. to place under a burden or encumbrance, to place (an onerous responsibility) on a person or group, intransitive verb to mount a ~d horse ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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