Definition of Sidesaddle

1. Adverb. On or as if on a sidesaddle. "She rode sidesaddle"

2. Noun. A saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse.

Generic synonyms: Saddle

Definition of Sidesaddle

1. n. A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted.

Definition of Sidesaddle

1. Noun. A saddle, usually for a woman, in which the rider sits with both legs on the same side of the horse. ¹

2. Adverb. Using such a saddle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sidesaddle

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sidesaddle

1. A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. Sidesaddle flower, a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers. Synonym: huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sidesaddle

siderosilicosis
siderosis
siderostat
siderostats
siderotil
siderotils
sideroxylon
sideroxylons
siders
siderurgy
sides
sides reversed is
sidesaddle (current term)
sidesaddles
sidescroller
sidescrollers
sidescrolling
sideshow
sideshows
sideslip
sideslipped
sideslipping
sideslips
sidesman
sidesmen
sidespin
sidespins

Literary usage of Sidesaddle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Lady's Tour Round Monte Rosa: With Visits to the Italian Valleys of by Henry Warwick Cole (1859)
"Departure from Alagna — A lady's sidesaddle— A pattern mule and mule-driver —Innkeepers and guides— The Val d'Ollen — Difficulties of ascent — Traces of ..."

2. The Private Stable: Its Establishment, Management, and Appointments by James Albert Garland (1899)
"Besides, a horse with this shape will have a difficulty in retaining the sidesaddle in its place. We must remember that a man's saddle has not nearly as ..."

3. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1853)
"sidesaddle-FLOWER FAMILY. Though no peculiar properties are known to exist in this Family ... The leaves in the Museum are those of Red sidesaddle-flower. ..."

4. Botany for Young People and Common Schools: How Plants Grow, a Simple by Asa Gray (1859)
"PURPLE sidesaddle-FLOWER, or PITCHER-PLANT. Petals deep purple, arched over the .pistil ; leaves pitcher-shaped, yellowish-green, veined with purple, ..."

5. Botany for Young People and Common Schools: How Plants Grow, a Simple by Asa Gray (1859)
"Common \V. & S. (Nelumbium) NELUMBO. 7. sidesaddle-FLOWER FAMILY. ... trumpet-shaped leaves, all from the root, making the curious genus sidesaddle-Flower. ..."

6. Botany for Young People and Common Schools: How Plants Grow, a Simple by Asa Gray (1880)
"Pod many-seeded. Flower single, large, nodding on the summit of a long scape. 1. PURPLE sidesaddle-FLOWER, or PITCHER-PLANT. ..."

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