See Also: saddle(1)(dictionary)
saddle(2)(dictionary)
saddle bag(dictionary)
Saddle(medicine)
saddle(encyclopedia)
Saddle - Bingo(gambling)
tubercle of saddle(medicine)
side-saddle(dictionary)
saddle 1, noun(dictionary)
saddle 2, verb(dictionary)

saddle(2) (iou)



saddle verb. OE.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Put a saddle on (a horse etc.). Also foll. by up. OE.
saddling paddock (a) a paddock in which horses are prepared for a race; (b) Austral. slang a place where sexual contacts are known to be easily made, orig. the bar of Melbourne's Theatre Royal, frequented by prostitutes in the 19th cent.
b. verb trans. Ride (a horse etc.). M16-E18.
c. verb intrans. Mount a saddled horse etc. (now rare); put a saddle on a horse etc. (also foll. by up). M19.
d. verb trans. Enter (a horse) in a race. E20.
verb trans.
a. Burden (a person) with a load, task, responsibility, etc. OE.
World Soccer Officials in faraway Moscow saddled the Ukraine club..with all the national team fixtures. Punch Her escort is saddled with another job..to transport another uncontrollable passenger.
b. verb trans. Impose (a burden) on. E19.
verb trans. Bend (a thing) downwards in the middle, make saddle-shaped, make concave. E19.
verb trans. Place or fit firmly on or over a supporting structure. Usu. in pass. US. M19.