saddle bar (sadlbar)

1. The side-bar, side plate, or spring-bar of a saddletree.-2. In medieval arch., one of several narrow iron bars extending from mullion to mullion, or through the mullions acro an entire window, to hold firmly the stonework and the lead setting of the gla . When the bays are wide, upright iron bars, called stanchions, are sometimes used in addition to the saddle bars, which eyes are forged to receive the latter. Compare stay - bar, and see cut under geometric. 3. One of the bent, oblique, or straight cro bars or pieces of lead on which the pieces of gla used in a design in a stained-gla window are placed or seated. saddle-billed (sad'l-bild), a. Having a saddle on the bill: specifically applied to a large African stork, Ephippiorhynchus senega lens is, translating the generic name. See Ephippiorhyn chus.