Definition of "saddle" []

• A leather seat for a rider, secured on an animal's back by a girth. Also called regionally rig. (noun)
• Similar tack used for attaching a pack to an animal. (noun)
• The padded part of a driving harness fitting over a horse's back. (noun)
• The seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle. (noun)
• Something shaped like a saddle. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A saddle made by the Mexicans in California is called the _California saddle_."
• "Ranging through those wide-open spaces on foot or in the saddle is the essence of freedom."
• "That night she cooked what she referred to as the saddle, with some corn and a few chilies they had brought from El Paso."