A saddle is a supportive structure for a rider or other load, fastened to an animal's back by a girth.

Saddle may also refer to:

As a seat

  • Bicycle saddle, the seat of a bicycle
  • Motorcycle saddle, the seat of a motorcycle
  • Saddle chair, an alternative to a regular chair

Geography

  • Saddle (landform), a low area between hills or mountains; a mountain pass
  • The Saddle (Lochgoilhead), a mountain in Scotland

Meteorology

  • A saddle or col, the point of intersection of a trough and a ridge in the pressure pattern of a weather map

Places

  • Saddle, Arkansas, a community in the United States
  • The Saddle (Garfield County, Colorado), a mountain pass in Garfield County, Colorado, United States.
  • The Saddle (Larimer County, Colorado), a mountain pass in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
  • The Saddle (Montrose County, Colorado), a mountain pass in Montrose County, Colorado, United States.
  • The Saddle, a mountain in Scotland

Mathematics

  • Saddle point, a point on a surface whose neighborhood resembles a saddle
  • Monkey saddle, a mathematical surface defined by the equation <math>z = x^3 - 3xy^2</math>
  • Sources and sinks, vectors field in a point that are neither of the two are sometimes called saddles.

Other uses

  • Saddle (artwork), a 1993 sculpture by Dorothy Cross
  • Saddle, a cut of lamb
  • Saddle, the bearing surface on the bridge of a stringed instrument
  • Saddle, or cricket (roofing), a ridge structure on a chimney
  • Saddle, a curved component at the top of a tower of a suspension bridge, upon which rests the bridge's cables.

See also

  • Saddleback (disambiguation)
  • Saddler (disambiguation)
  • Saddle tank (disambiguation)
  • Lordosis, or saddle back, curvature of the spine
  • Saddle bronc, a type of rodeo riding
  • The Saddle Club, an Australian TV show and series of novels
  • Saddle roof, a type of roof structure
  • Saddle stitch, a form of book binding
  • Worshipful Company of Saddlers, a London livery company
  • Anomiidae, a family known as saddle oysters
  • Saddle blanket, placed under a saddle

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