Saddle (disambiguation)

A saddle is a seat attached to an animal or machine, or various items resembling them or their profiles, including:

As a seat

• Saddle, a seat for a rider fastened to an animal's back. Equine variations include:
  • English Saddle
  • Western Saddle
  • Australian Stock Saddle
  • Sidesaddle
  • McClellan Saddle, designed for cavalry units
• Harness saddle, a piece of harness that sits on the back of the horse
• Bicycle saddle, the seat of a bicycle
• Motorcycle saddle, the seat of a motorcycle

Geography

• Saddle (landform), a low area between hills or mountains; a mountain pass

Places

• Saddle, Arkansas, a community in the United States
• The Saddle, a mountain in Scotland

Mathematics

• Saddle point, is the single value in a saddle graph or surface which produces the lowest point between two low or valley regions, which is concurrently the highest connecting path between two flanking peaks or ridgelines.
• Saddle surface, a graph that resembles a riding saddle which contains a saddle point
• Monkey saddle, a similar graph with three dips -"a saddle for two legs and a tail"

Other uses

• A cut of meat, the unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal
• Saddle, the bearing surface on the bridge of a stringed instrument
• A chimney saddle is also known as a cricket (roofing).

See also

• Saddleback (disambiguation), various meanings, derived from 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 and series of novels
• Saddle roof, a type of roof structure
• Saddle stitch, a form of book binding
• Saddle tank (disambiguation), various meanings but primarily a type of locomotive
• Worshipful Company of Saddlers, a London livery company
• Saddle oyster (Anomia ephippium)
• Saddler (disambiguation), various meanings but primarily a maker of saddles
• Saddle blanket, placed under a saddle