saddle

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saddle

To give a responsibility to someone.

From Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sod-dʰlo-, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- + *-dʰlom. Cognate with Scots sadil, Saterland Frisian Soadel, West Frisian seal, Dutch zadel, Low German Sadel, German Sattel, Danish sadel, Swedish sadel, Icelandic söðull, Russian седло́.
From Middle English sadelen, from Old English sadolian, from Proto-Germanic *sadulōną.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

saddle	A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
saddle	An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal
saddle	A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle etc
saddle	A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone
saddle	A ridge, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
saddle	The raised floorboard in a doorway.
saddle	A small tapered/sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
saddle	A block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
saddle	A part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
saddle	The clitellus of an earthworm.
saddle	To put a saddle on an animal.
saddle	To get into a saddle.
saddle	To burden or encumber.

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