Definition of "saddle-sore" [saddle-sore]

• (of a rider) sore after riding a horse (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "On the second floor, Cartier-Bresson's photographs (all from the Fondation) are the work of a younger man (Strand was 18 years his senior), less saddle-sore, seemingly more optimistic."
• "How long did it take you to get over that hideous, saddle-sore feeling?"
• "Having cycled out of Sheffield on Saturday, the team are due to arrive at Trafalgar Square today? via Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicester, Stratford, Oxford and Reading? then to finish at Earl's Court, the 2012 volleyball venue, saddle-sore, but undaunted."