saddles

A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal.

An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal.

A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.

A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.

A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.

A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, especially in Australia.

The raised floorboard in a doorway.

A small tapered or sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.

A block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.

A part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.

The clitellum of an earthworm.

Any of the saddle-like markings on a boa constrictor.

A saddle shoe.

To put a saddle on (an animal).

To get into a saddle.

To burden or encumber.

“He has been saddled with the task of collecting evidence of the theft.”