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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 988 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SADDLE (a word See also:common to See also:Teutonic See also:languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and See also:Lat. See also:sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a See also:chair, but all the words are to be referred to the See also:root sad-, which gives  See also:Lat. sedere, Eng . " sit," " See also:settle," " seat," &c.), a seat, usually of See also:leather, fixed by girths to the back of a See also:horse for See also:riding; also a padded See also:cushion for the back of a See also:draught horse, fastened by girths and crupper; to it are attached the supports for the shafts, and rings for the reins (see See also:SADDLERY) . The word is also applied to many See also:objects resembling a See also:saddle in shape or See also:function, such as a See also:block to support a spar in a See also:ship, or in machinery to support a See also:rod, or in See also:masonry (q.v.) the See also:top or " See also:apex See also:stone " of the gable of a roof, &c . Saddle bars, in See also:architecture (Fr. traverses), are narrow See also:horizontal See also:iron bars passing from See also:mullion to mullion, and often through the whole window from See also:side to side, to steady the stone See also:work, and to See also:form stays, to which the See also:lead work is secured . When the bays of the windows are wide, the lead See also:lights are further strengthened by upright bars, passing through eyes forged on the saddle bars, and called stanchions .

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