Crossword clues for sidesaddle
sidesaddle
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sidesaddle \Side"sad`dle\, n. A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted.
Sidesaddle flower (Bot.), a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia.
Wiktionary
adv. Using such a saddle. alt. A saddle, usually for a woman, in which the rider sits with both legs on the same side of the horse. n. A saddle, usually for a woman, in which the rider sits with both legs on the same side of the horse.
WordNet
n. a saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse
adv. on or as if on a sidesaddle; "she rode sidesaddle"
Wikipedia
Sidesaddle riding is a form of equestrianism that uses a type of saddle which allows a rider (usually female) to sit aside rather than astride an equine. Sitting aside dates back to antiquity and developed in European countries in the Middle Ages as a way for women in skirts to ride a horse in a modest fashion while also wearing fine clothing. It has retained a specialty equestrian niche even in the modern world.
Usage examples of "sidesaddle".
With a quick shove, I push my chair back, knock Charlie off the sidesaddle, and storm out of his cubicle.
He watched ruefully as she turned awkwardly in her sidesaddle, trying to become more comfortable as their horses, side by side, took them deeper into the woods.
She shifted gently in her sidesaddle as her mare stepped around a fallen log.
She could ride, probably better than his new recruits, and even though the sidesaddle might prove a challenge for a bit, before they finished this excursion into the countryside, she was going to show him what she was made of.
Libby Custer and Mollie were both excellent horsewomen and Lucky quickly adapted to the use of a sidesaddle, though she would have preferred the western variety with which she was familiar.
Lucky snapped as she untangled herself from the sidesaddle and threw her leg over the sorrel.
Marina was startled, but too good a rider to be thrown, though she had to grab the pommel of the sidesaddle and drop the reins, holding on for dear life and throwing all of her weight onto the stirrup to brace herself against the sidesaddle.
The wedding was delayed for more than a week out of respect for the lady, who, as it turned out, had not ridden sidesaddle but whose misfortune it was to be a small object under a more than substantial burden.
Florence for word on a sidesaddle being traded in recently for a center-fire roper.
Nobody seems to have said right out she was riding sidesaddle, but folks notice when a gal in skirts rides astride.
Country folks have come forward to report glimpses of one or two gals riding sidesaddle in the distance after a holdup.
Then he rode sidesaddle in a dress past some witnesses, then astride in jeans for others.
Even Leila has admitted she will learn to ride sidesaddle, if I will teach her.
She quite correctly views the sidesaddle as an inefficient, unbalanced method for riding a horse.
She was going to get to ride again, not in the hated sidesaddle, but astride or standing, shooting a pistol and showing off her greatest accomplishments.