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• sad|dle-backed — «SAD uhl BAKT», adjective. 1. having the back, upper surface, or edge curved like a saddle: »a saddle backed hill, a saddle backed horse. 2. having saddlelike markings on the back: »a pinto horse with saddle backed marking …   Useful english dictionary

• sad|dle-billed stork — «SAD uhl BIHLD», a large white and blackish stork of tropical Africa, with scarlet on the knees, feet, and bill …   Useful english dictionary

• sad|dle|back — «SAD uhl BAK», noun. 1. a hill or summit shaped like a saddle. 2. = great black backed gull. (Cf. ↑great black backed gull) 3. = saddleback seal. (Cf. ↑saddleback seal) …   Useful english dictionary

• sad|dle|bag — «SAD uhl BAG», noun. one of a pair of bags laid across the back of a horse, mule, or other animal behind the saddle …   Useful english dictionary

• sad|dle|bow — «SAD uhl BOH», noun. the arched front part of a saddle or saddletree …   Useful english dictionary

• sad|dle|cloth — «SAD uhl KLTH, KLOTH», noun. a cloth put between an animal s back and the saddle …   Useful english dictionary

• sad|dle|mak|er — «SAD uhl MAY kuhr», noun. = saddler. (Cf. ↑saddler) …   Useful english dictionary

• sad|dle|sore — «SAD uhl SR, SOHR», adjective. sore or stiff from riding horseback: »“Jorrocks,” at the New Theatre, London, is an innocuous musical derived from the Surtees novels about the saddlesore grocer among the grandees of the hunting field (Manchester… …   Useful english dictionary

• sad|dle|tree — «SAD uhl TREE», noun. 1. the frame of a saddle. 2. U.S. the tulip tree …   Useful english dictionary

• fore|sad|dle — «FR SAD uhl, FOHR », noun. the front part of a saddle, as of mutton or venison …   Useful english dictionary

• off|sad|dle — «AWF SAD uhl, OF », transitive verb, intransitive verb, dled, dling. (in South Africa) to take the saddle off (a horse), as at a halt in a journey …   Useful english dictionary