The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saddletree \Sad"dle*tree`\, n. The frame of a saddle.
For saddletree scarce reached had he,
His journey to begin.
--Cowper.
Wiktionary
n. 1 tulip tree 2 (alternative spelling of saddle tree English)
Usage examples of "saddletree".
His second arrow pinned an unarmored thigh to the saddletree beneath it.
He took the saddle from her, stepped up into his trailer tack room, put the saddle on the saddletree and the bridle on the bridle rack, and plucked out a blue gel pad wrapped in warm towels.
For saddletree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in.
Then, to the surprise of the watchers, each man, keeping one leg wrapped about the saddletree, leaned far down on the right flank of his galloping horse, leaned under the neck and fired a salute from an old flintlock rifle.
Saddletrees eaten bare of their rawhide coverings and weathered white as bone, a light chamfering of miceteeth along the edges of the wood.