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A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.

A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a saddle, with their feet reaching nearly to the ground. Other kinds of vehicles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities. [Written also droitzschka, and d…

Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium. Dana.

A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.

The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests. Arris fillet. See under Arris.

A lock of wool or hair. I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [pommel]. Shak.

The stirrup of a woman's saddle.

is farthest forward. -- Fore piece, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress. -- Fore plane, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane. Knight. -- Fore reading, previous perusal. [Obs.] Hales. -- Fore rent, in Scotland, rent payabl…

t or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable. I am loth to gall a new-healed wound. Shak.

A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.

are separated, and between them is inserted the lower end of the scion cut slantwise. -- Saddle grafting, a mode of grafting in which a deep cleft is made in the end of the scion by two sloping cuts, and the end of the stock is made wedge-shaped to fit the cleft in the scion, which is placed upon it saddlewise. -- Si…

orse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.

with a harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and the face and throat black. Called also saddler, and saddleback. The immature ones are called bluesides. -- Harp shell (Zoöl.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical seas. See Harpa.

or one's self, or to move something heavy. After many strains and heaves He got up to his saddle eaves. Hudibras.

A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle.

The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.

siz. On horseback, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle. The long journey was to be performed on horseback. Prescott.

A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.

A saddlecloth; a housing. [Obs.] Dryden.