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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of saddle" class="word__name--TTbAA">saddle<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">sadel</span>, from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">sadol</span> "contrivance secured to the back of a horse, etc., as a seat for a rider," from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*sathulaz</span> (source also of Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">söðull</span>, Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">sadel</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">zadel</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">zaal</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">Sattel</span> "saddle"), from PIE root <a href="/word/*sed-#etymonline_v_52569" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *sed- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*sed-</a> (1) "to sit" + Germanic suffix <span class="foreign notranslate">*-þra</span>, used to form neutral names of tools.</p> <p>Extended to various things resembling or functioning as a saddle. Figurative phrase <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>in the saddle</strong></span> "in an active position of management" is attested from 1650s. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Saddle-horse</strong></span> "horse for riding" is from 1660s. <strong>Saddle</strong><span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>-stitch</strong></span> (n.) is from bookbinding (1887).</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_42892" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of saddle" class="word__name--TTbAA">saddle<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">sadolian</span> "to put a riding saddle on;" see <a href="/word/saddle#etymonline_v_22588" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of saddle " class="crossreference notranslate">saddle</a> (n.). The meaning "to load with or as with a burden" is recorded by 1690s. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Saddled</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">saddling</span>.</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to saddle">Entries linking to <i>saddle</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of packsaddle" href="/word/packsaddle#etymonline_v_41119">packsaddle<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>also <span class="foreign notranslate">pack-saddle</span>, "saddle for supporting packs on the back of a mount," late 14c., <span class="foreign notranslate">pakke sadil</span>; from <a href="/word/pack#etymonline_v_2965" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pack " class="crossreference notranslate">pack</a> (n.) + <a href="/word/saddle#etymonline_v_22588" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of saddle " class="crossreference notranslate">saddle</a> (n.).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of saddleback" href="/word/saddleback#etymonline_v_48290">saddleback<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1540s and thereafter in various senses in reference to things (landforms, oysters, etc.) shaped like a saddle, from <a href="/word/saddle#etymonline_v_22588" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of saddle " class="crossreference notranslate">saddle</a> (n.) + <a href="/word/back#etymonline_v_175" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of back " class="crossreference notranslate">back</a> (n.). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Saddle-backed</strong></span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of saddlebag" href="/word/saddlebag"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">saddlebag</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of saddler" href="/word/saddler"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">saddler</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of saddlery" href="/word/saddlery"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">saddlery</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of saddletree" href="/word/saddletree"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">saddletree</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of side-saddle" href="/word/side-saddle"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">side-saddle</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of *sed-" href="/word/*sed-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">*sed-</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of -able" href="/word/-able"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">-able</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/saddle/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->9<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of saddle">Trends of <i>saddle</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:200px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of hackney" href="/word/hackney"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">hackney<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"small saddle horse let out for hire," c. 1300, from place name Hackney (late 12c.), Old English Hacan ieg "Haca's Isle"...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of attach" href="/word/attach"><div 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