/ ˈsædl; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
1.
a leather seat for a rider on a horse :
She swung herself into the saddle.
2.
a seat on a bicycle or motorcycle
—picture at bicycle
3.
a piece of meat from the back of an animal
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IDIOMS
- in the saddle
■ verb
[ vn ] to put a saddle on a horse
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PHRASAL VERBS
- saddle up | saddle sth up
- saddle sb / yourself with sth
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English sadol , sadul , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zadel and German Sattel , perhaps from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sella seat and sit .