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Saddled

Saddle \Sad"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Saddling.] [AS. sadelian.]

  1. To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding. ``saddle my horse.''
    --Shak.

    Abraham rose up early, . . . and saddled his ass.
    --Gen. xxii. 3.

  2. Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways.

Saddled

Saddled \Sad"dled\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed.

Wiktionary
saddled
  1. Where a horse has a saddle. v

  2. (en-past of: saddle)

WordNet
saddled
  1. adj. having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal; "saddled and spurred and ready to ride" [ant: unsaddled]

  2. subject to an imposed burden; "left me saddled with the bill"; "found himself saddled with more responsibility than power"

Usage examples of "saddled".

Four corpses littered the grass and two others were draped across two saddled horses.

Then he put on his heavy, double-shouldered topcoat and saddled the stallion.

Steiner loosened the reins of a saddled horse that was tied to the rear of the wagon and led the beast back a few paces.

They went out, saddled their horses, and started the slow ride to town.

Now he saddled Frost and Bakkat rode bareback on another of the captured horses.

The horses they would ride tonight were hitched to the outside of the wagons, saddled and with muskets and cutlasses in the scabbards, ready for an instant sortie.

That night two hundred of the Awamir and the Dahm saddled their horses and rode out of the city.

Was it not enough that you rutted on the belly of my wife, and saddled me with your bastard?

A groom had already saddled his horse and Dorian rode down with every man who could be spared from the guns trooping after him.

Then the three were led out to where horses had been saddled for them.

Dom Carlo cast her a concerned glance as they saddled and climbed on their horses for the last stage of the ride.

He boiled up the last little dab of the ground coffee he had salvaged and put out the fire, drank quickly and saddled up.

The last damn thing he needed was to be saddled with two helpless greenhorns.

Jason studied the other man intently as he caught and saddled his horse.

Jason, Swede and Buffalo saddled up and headed back for the ridge above the ranch.