saddle

Definitions

• 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.
• (mining) A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, especially in Australia.
• The raised floorboard in a doorway.
• (construction) A small tapered or sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
• (nautical) A block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
• (engineering) 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.