saddled Definition

saddle
noun

1. A leather seat for horse-riding, which fits on the horse's back and is secured under its belly.
2. A fixed seat on a bicycle or motorcycle.
3. A pad on the back of a draught animal, used for supporting the load.
4. The part of the back of an animal on which a saddle is placed.
5. A butcher's cut of meat including part of the backbone with the ribs.
6. The rear part of a male fowl's back extending towards the tail.
7. A mountain col or ridge between two peaks.
8. civil engineering.
In a structure, eg a bridge: a support with a groove shaped in a certain way to hold another part.

verb saddled, saddling

1. To put a saddle on (an animal).
intr
2. To climb into a saddle.
3. To burden someone with a problem, duty, etc.

Example: He was saddled with the responsibility
Thesaurus: burden, encumber, load, tax, task, impose.
4. Said of a trainer: to be responsible for preparing and entering (a racehorse) for a race.
5. To ride (a horse, bicycle, etc).

Derivative: saddleless
adj

Idiom: in the saddle

On horseback.

In a position of power or control.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sadol.