sidesaddle

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side·sad·dle

(sīd′săd′l)

A saddle designed so that the rider sits with both legs on one side of the horse.

adv.

On a sidesaddle.

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side•sad•dle

(ˈsaɪdˌsæd l)

n.

1. a saddle for women on which the rider sits, facing forward, usu. with both feet on the left side of the horse.

adv.

2. seated on a sidesaddle.

[1485–95]

Sidesaddle

A saddle especially designed for woman so that they could ride a horse while keeping both legs on the same side of the horse. Such saddles were widely used in the early twentieth century. They were reported to not be nearly as comfortable as regular saddles, but it was not usually considered decorous for a woman to ride a regular saddle.

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Noun	1.	sidesaddle - a saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse saddle - a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
Adv.	1.	sidesaddle - on or as if on a sidesaddle; "she rode sidesaddle"

Translations

sidesaddle

side-saddle [ˈsaɪdsæd^əl] adv
to ride sidesaddle → monter en amazoneside salad n → salade f (pour accompagner un plat)sideshow side-show [ˈsaɪdʃəʊ] n

(at fair) → attraction f

(= minor event, situation) to be a sideshow to sth → être relégué(e) au second plan derrière qch
In the end, the meeting was a sideshow to a political storm that broke Thursday → Au bout du compte, la réunion fut reléguée au second plan derrière la tempête politique qui éclata jeudi.side-splitting [ˈsaɪdsplɪtɪŋ] adj (= hilarious) → tordant

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sidesaddle

[ˈsaɪdˌsædl] adv to ride sidesaddle → cavalcare all'amazzone

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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"Why, you see, Jo is crazy about horses and so am I, but we've only got an old sidesaddle and no horse.

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"It's an outrage both to horse and woman to ride in a sidesaddle."

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