Saddle

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.

   “His [Cotton's] Horſe vvas led before, vvith a mourning Veluet Saddle on his backe, his Coffin had a Crimſon Sattin Quilt lined with purple Silke, ouer him vvas laid his Bible, Svvord and Hat: […]”

2. isim A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.
3. isim 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”).
4. isim A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.
5. isim The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
6. isim Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.

   “[A] good horſeman, […] is ſkilfull to knovv, and hable to tell others, hovv, by certain ſure ſignes, a man may choiſe a colte, that is like to prove an other day excellent for the ſaddle.”

7. isim Synonym of saddle brown (“a medium brown colour, like that of saddle leather”).
8. isim A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.

   “The Hill Zeliſco bore S.E. vvhich is a very high Hill in the Country, vvith a Saddle or bending on the top.”

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

   “To roast a leg, haunch, or saddle of mutton. […] A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout; or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup and seasonings.”

10. isim The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.
11. isim 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.
12. isim An anticline (“fold with strata sloping downwards on each side”); specifically, a depression located along the axial trend of such a fold.
13. isim 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)”).
14. isim 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”).
15. isim The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.
16. isim 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.
17. isim 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.
18. isim The threshold, the raised floorboard in a doorway.

    “Door Shoes - (doors with saddle threshold) are [strips that] provide a seal between the door and the threshold.”

19. isim The clitellum of an earthworm (family Lumbricidae).
20. isim The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, especially a male bird, bearing the saddle feathers or saddle hackles.
21. fiil To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).

    “Then roſe Balaam vp in the mornynge, & ſadled his Aſſe, & wente wͪ the prynces of yͤ Moabites.”

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

    “Reſolv'd for Sea, the Slaves thy Baggage pack; / Each ſaddled, vvith his Burden on his back: […]”

23. fiil To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
24. fiil Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.

    “He has been saddled with the task of collecting evidence of the theft.”

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

    “I did not dislose the name of the man I proposed, because I found her only too eager to marry anyone upon whom she could saddle her debts, and so make him either pay them or change places with her.”

26. fiil To control or restrain (someone or something), as if using a saddle; to bridle, to harness, to rein in.

    “But he never would believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.”

27. fiil To get (someone) to do a burdensome task.

    “Picked up Sotheby, who endeavoured to saddle me for a review of his polyglot Virgil. I fear I shall scarce convince him that I know nothing of the Latin lingo.”

28. fiil 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.
29. fiil To put something on to (another thing) like a saddle on an animal.
30. fiil To put a saddle on an animal.

    “Next day, while we were saddling, Ali and Abd el Kader appeared.”