saddle, sadel, sadelle

[A. S. sadol; cogn. with Dut. zadel; Icel. södhall; Sw. & Dan. sadel; O. H. Ger. satul; Ger. sattel; Ru . siedlo; Lat.sella. From the same root as seat, sit, .] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Lit .: A seat or pad to be placed on the back of an animal to support the rider or the load. Besides the ordinary kinds, the man's saddle and the side lance, camel, and ox saddles. saddle for women, there are cart, gig, pack, ambu 2. Fig .: Anything resembling a saddle; spec if., a rise and fall on the ridge of a hill. "It is a pretty high island, and very remarkable, by reason of two two saddles , or risings and fallings on the top." -Dampier: Voyages (an. 1685). II. Technically : 1. Bridge - build .: A block on the summit of a pier over which suspension cables pa , or to which they are attached. 2. Build .: A thin board placed on the floor in the opening of a doorway, the width of the jambs. 3. Mach .: A block with a hollowing top to sustain a round object, as a rod upon a bench or bed. 4. Naut .: A piece or block hollowed out to fit another portion, which is seated thereon, as(1) The block on a yard-arm which receives the studding-sail boom. (2) The block on the upper side of the bowsprit to receive the heel of the jib-boom. 5. Ordn.: A support on which a gun is placed for bouching. IMG:content-0879.png:[blocks in formation] Hort.: A method of ingrafting by forming the stock like a wedge, and fitting the end of the scion over it, like a saddle; the reverse of cleft-grafting (q. v.). *saddle-hill, s. A saddle-back. "A remarkable saddle - hill ."- Cook : First Voyage , bk. ii., ch. vii.