Saddle (disambiguation)

A saddle is a seat attached to an animal or machine, or various items resembling them or their profiles, including:

As a seat

• Saddle, a seat for a rider fastened to an animal's back. Equine variations include:
  • English Saddle
  • Western Saddle
  • Australian Stock Saddle
  • Sidesaddle
  • McClellan Saddle, designed for cavalry units
  • Saddle blanket, placed under a saddle
• Harness saddle, a piece of harness that sits on the back of the horse
• Bicycle saddle, the seat of a bicycle
• Motorcycle saddle, the seat of a motorcycle

Places

• The Saddle, a mountain in Scotland

Mathematics

• Saddle point, produces a graph that resembles a riding saddle
• Saddle surface, which contains saddle points
• Monkey saddle, a similar graph with three dips—"a saddle for two legs and a tail"

Other uses

• A cut of meat, the unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal
• Saddle (landform), a low area between hills or mountains, similar to a mountain pass
• Saddle, the bearing surface on the bridge of a stringed instrument

See also

• Saddleback, the shape of a saddle
• Saddle back, curvature of the spine
• Saddle bronc, a type of rodeo riding
• The Saddle Club, an Australian TV show
• Saddle roof, a type of roof structure
• Saddle stitch, a form of book binding
• Saddle tank, a type of locomotive
• Worshipful Company of Saddlers, a London livery company
• Saddle oyster (Anomia ephippium)
• Saddler, a maker of saddles