Noun
the next day's hike was a stiff climb out of the saddle where they had camped for the night Verb
He saddled his horse and mounted it.
to the social worker it seemed as though her supervisor had once again saddled her with a truly hopeless case
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Noun
Reviewers who got in the saddle over top the buzzing, high-output 120S, meanwhile, praised it for being the most powerful ebike motor out there and loved the instant acceleration that came with the 120 Nm of continuous torque.—New Atlas, 5 June 2025 New for 2026, the beige, sandstone interior color option has been replaced by stone grey to complement the available saddle brown and graphite options.—Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Verb
Further into the future, however, the bill will likely saddle America with a higher fiscal deficit.—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 23 May 2025 Once streaming became viable, Blockbuster chose to continue locations instead, ultimately saddling itself with a huge, expensive real estate footprint that wasn't drawing people in.—John Pierce, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for saddle
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol; akin to Old High German satul saddle
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
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