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side-saddle

adverbC1leans spoken

Side-saddle means riding with both legs on the same side. Ride side-saddle.

It was required of women for centuries and needs a special saddle with two pommels. Riding side-saddle is harder rather than easier, which is the opposite of what people assume.

Definitions of side-saddle

  1. 1adverbside-saddleRiding with both legs on the same side.C1

    “She could jump a five-bar gate side-saddle.”

side-saddle is a manner.

Where it comes from

sidesaddle comes from side + saddle.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Horses & Riding

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