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
There is no substitute for time in the saddle.—Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025 Functionality and freedom are key throughlines in her work, rooted in the house’s saddle-making past.—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
The solution must be just as collective—corporate, academic, and federal actors aligning to ensure advanced education strengthens both opportunity and the economy without saddling the next generation with unsustainable debt.—Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Increasingly, the initiative has been seen as luring in low income countries with promises of lofty investment, but saddling them with unsustainable debts.—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for saddle
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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