sidesaddle
IPA: sˈaɪdsædʌɫ
noun
- A saddle, usually for a woman, in which the rider sits with both legs on the same side of the horse.
- The technique of riding a horse with both legs on the same side of the horse.
adverb
- On, or as if on, such a saddle.
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Examples of "sidesaddle" in Sentences
- Yes, it would only be a sidesaddle record.
- There she learned to ride horses sidesaddle.
- Goodnight developed a practical sidesaddle for Molly.
- Eos, goddess of the dawn, rides sidesaddle into battle.
- I trust that you are now able to ride sidesaddle again.
- McKenna then had to learn to ride sidesaddle very quickly.
- Note even the woman in a gown is riding astride, not sidesaddle.
- Note that even the woman in a gown is riding astride, not sidesaddle.
- Sidesaddle riding places great stress on the underpinnings of the saddle.
- Other specialty classes include sidesaddle, show hack, and native costume.
- To deal with it, he started putting in what is termed a sidesaddle position.
- After graduation, she visited London, where the determined young American met women like Lady Apsley, who said, "A good horsewoman in a sidesaddle is a credit to her menfolk."
- Dearest: I saw an old woman riding a horse astride: and I was convinced on the spot that this is the rightest way of riding, and that the sidesaddle was a foolish and affected invention.
- Adelina LoissetOnce again it was the women of the American West who thundered out their opposition, with the LA Times announcing, "The sidesaddle is a cumbersome, cruel burden on a horse and all right-thinking people believe its time is past."
- Long gone are the days where Williams was crippled with nerves at the prospect of live performance, and she joked with ease about having to play guitar "sidesaddle", asking the audience to forgive any impromptu percussion cased by the baby kicking.
- Nevertheless, a noted British riding master, Colonel Hitchcock, urged women to continue with the method because, "the sidesaddle is the most decorative, dignified, and graceful method, and pleases the male eye, which prefers the ultra-feminine woman to the type which emulates the male in attire or atmosphere."
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