saddle

a seat with a raised front and back, fixed on a horse for the person riding it

A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.

A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.

The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.

Synonym of harness saddle (“the part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal”).

Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.

A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.

A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.

Something resembling a saddle in appearance or shape.

The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.

The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.

A small object (traditionally made of ebony) at the bottom of a string instrument such as a cello, viola, or violin below the tailpiece on which the tailgut (“cord securing the tailpiece to the instrument”) rests.

(US) A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, usually having a different colour from the rest of the shoe.

(US) Synonym of saddle oxford or saddle shoe (“a shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle”).

In full saddle marking or saddle patch: a saddle-like marking on an animal, such as one on the back of an adult harp seal or saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), or any of numerous such markings on a boa constrictor (Boa constrictor).

An equipment part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.

A block of wood with concave depressions at the top and bottom, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.

Synonym of saddle point (“a point in the range of a smooth function, every neighbourhood of which contains points on each side of its tangent plane”).

Synonym of saddle brown (“a medium brown colour, like that of saddle leather”).

The threshold, the raised floorboard in a doorway.

The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, especially a male bird, bearing the saddle feathers or saddle hackles.

An anticline (“fold with strata sloping downwards on each side”); specifically, a depression located along the axial trend of such a fold.

A timeslot between two popular programmes, in which another programme can be scheduled to encourage people to watch it.

The clitellum of an earthworm (family Lumbricidae).

(Australia) Synonym of saddle reef (“a saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle)”).

To put a saddle on (an animal).

(figurative) Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.

(figurative) Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.

To put a saddle on an animal.

(US, Canada) Of a person: to get into a saddle.

To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.

To put something on to (another thing) like a saddle on an animal.

To enter (a trained horse) into a race.

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.

(figurative, no longer used) To get (someone) to do a burdensome task.

(figurative, no longer used) To control or restrain (someone or something), as if using a saddle; to bridle, to harness, to rein in.