SIDESADDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sidesaddle mean? 

• SIDESADDLE (noun)
  The noun SIDESADDLE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SIDESADDLE used as a noun is very rare.

• SIDESADDLE (adverb)
  The adverb SIDESADDLE has 1 sense:

1. on or as if on a sidesaddle

  Familiarity information: SIDESADDLE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIDESADDLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sidesaddle" is a kind of...):

saddle (a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal)

• SIDESADDLE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

On or as if on a sidesaddle

Context example:

she rode sidesaddle

 Context examples 

Why, you see, Jo is crazy about horses and so am I, but we've only got an old sidesaddle and no horse.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)