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Same as Saddle-backed. Saddleback roof. (Arch.) See Saddle roof, under Saddle.

Bags, usually of leather, united by straps or a band, formerly much used by horseback riders to carry small articles, one bag hanging on each side.

The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front.

A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing.

Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed.

One who makes saddles.

The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.

The frame of a saddle. For saddletree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin. Cowper.

A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. Sidesaddle flower (Bot.), a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia.

Hurt; damage. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray.

To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away. [Slang, U. S.]

A little spade. [Obs.]

To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is cut. [R.] Tusser.

leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.

Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison.

The shoveler. [Local, U.S.]

A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist. Shipley.

; gabble; fustian. I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. T. Hughes.

One who prates in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed.

To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse.