saddled

sad·dle

 (săd′l)

n.

1.

a. A leather seat for a rider, secured on an animal's back by a girth. Also called regionally rig.

b. Similar tack used for attaching a pack to an animal.

c. The padded part of a driving harness fitting over a horse's back.

d. The seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.

e. Something shaped like a saddle.

2.

a. A cut of meat consisting of part of the backbone and both loins.

b. The lower part of a male fowl's back.

3.

a. A saddle-shaped depression in the ridge of a hill.

b. A ridge between two peaks.

4. See cricket⁴.

v. sad·dled, sad·dling, sad·dles

v.tr.

1. To put a saddle onto.

2. To load or burden; encumber: They were saddled with heavy expenses.

v.intr.

1. To saddle a horse.

2. To get into a saddle; mount a horse. Often used with up.

Idiom:

in the saddle

1. Prevailing or in control; dominant: "The crisis [in Russia] came to a head when the American-backed reformers were in the saddle" (Michael R. Gordon).

2. Engaged in an activity, especially a job: back in the saddle after a leave of absence from work.

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[Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	saddled - having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal; "saddled and spurred and ready to ride" unsaddled - with no saddle
	2.	saddled - subject to an imposed burden; "left me saddled with the bill"; "found himself saddled with more responsibility than power" burdened - bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work"

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Translations

sellato