Meaning

noun a seat for the rider of a horse or camel

noun a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)

noun cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins

originFrom Middle English sadelen (“to put a saddle on (an animal), to saddle”) [and other forms], from Old English sadolian, sadelian, sadilian (“to saddle”), from Proto-Germanic *sadulōną (“to saddle”), from *sadulaz (“a saddle”, noun) (see further at etymology 1) + *-ōną (suffix forming denominative verbs from nouns). Cognates * Middle Dutch sādelen (modern Dutch zadelen) * Middle Low German sādelen…

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