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 Sad·dle n.
 1. A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.
 2. A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.
 3. A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc.
 4. Naut. A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.
 5. Mach. A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
 6. Zool. The clitellus of an earthworm.
 7. Arch. The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors.
 8. Phys. Geog. A ridge connected two higher elevations; a low point in the crest line of a ridge; a col.
 9.  Mining A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, esp. in Australia.
 Saddle bar Arch., one the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured. --Oxf. Gloss.
 Saddle gall Far., a sore or gall upon a horse's back, made by the saddle.
 Saddle girth, a band passing round the body of a horse to hold the saddle in its place.
 saddle horse, a horse suitable or trained for riding with a saddle.
 Saddle joint, in sheet-metal roofing, a joint formed by bending up the edge of a sheet and folding it downward over the turned-up edge of the next sheet.
 Saddle roof, Arch., a roof having two gables and one ridge; -- said of such a roof when used in places where a different form is more common; as, a tower surmounted by a saddle roof. Called also saddleback roof.
 Saddle shell Zool., any thin plicated bivalve shell of the genera Placuna and Anomia; -- so called from its shape. Called also saddle oyster.

 Sad·dle·back a. Same as Saddle-backed.
 Saddleback roof. Arch. See Saddle roof, under Saddle.

 saddle roof
      n : a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
          [syn: gable roof, saddleback, saddleback roof]