Saddle

(sad'dl.) [A. S. sa del.] A leathern seat to be placed on a horse's back for the rider to sit on. A saddle consists of the wooden frame or saddle-tree, the skirts or padded under-flaps, the upper-flaps and seat, which are generally made of tanned pigskin, the girth or belly-band, the stirrup-straps, the stirrups, and the crupper-loop. [s. 787]