Saddle

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A saddle may be: Image:Mongolsaddle.jpg

• A riding saddle, a seat for a rider fastened to an animal's back:
  • English Saddle
  • Western Saddle
  • Sidesaddle
  • McClellan Saddle, designed for cavalry units
  • Saddle blanket
• The Saddle, a mountain in Scotland

In mathematics:

• A saddle point produces a graph that resembles a riding saddle
• A monkey saddle is a similar graph with three dips - "a saddle for two legs and a tail"

By analogy, a saddle may also refer to:

• The seat on a bicycle or motorcycle.
• A cut of meat, the unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal
• A euphemism for the buttocks, as in "saddle pain"
• A low area between hills or mountains, similar to a mountain pass.
• Aa decorative piece of material covers a joint between sections of flooring of different materials, or of different finished heights

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 stitch, a form of book binding
• Saddle tank, a type of locomotive
• American Saddlebred, a horse breed
• Worshipful Company of Saddlers, a London livery company
• Saddle oyster (Anomia ephippium)

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