Noun
the next day's hike was a stiff climb out of the saddle where they had camped for the night Verb
He saddled his horse and mounted it.
to the social worker it seemed as though her supervisor had once again saddled her with a truly hopeless case
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Noun
This Mango bag, on sale for $56, is a versatile saddle brown color with an adjustable strap and magnetic closure.—Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024 That is the combined weight of the jockey, saddle and so on.—Victor Mather, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Verb
And inflation has saddled districts with higher costs for everything from classroom supplies to employee health care.—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2024 In failing to predict the Islamic Revolution, the U.S. intelligence community saddled Carter with the worst intelligence failure in modern American history.—Stuart E. Eisenstat, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for saddle
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol; akin to Old High German satul saddle
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
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