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A saddle is a supportive structure for a rider or other load, fastened to an animal's back by a girth.

Saddle may also refer to:

As a seat

• Bicycle saddle, the seat of a bicycle
• Motorcycle saddle, the seat of a motorcycle
• Saddle chair, an alternative to a regular chair

Geography

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

Meteorology

• A saddle or col, the point of intersection of a trough and a ridge in the pressure pattern of a weather map

Places

• Saddle, Arkansas, a community in the United States
• The Saddle (Garfield County, Colorado), a mountain pass in Garfield County, Colorado, United States.
• The Saddle (Larimer County, Colorado), a mountain pass in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
• The Saddle (Montrose County, Colorado), a mountain pass in Montrose County, Colorado, United States.
• The Saddle, a mountain in Scotland

Mathematics

• Saddle point, a point on a surface whose neighborhood resembles a saddle
• Monkey saddle, a mathematical surface defined by the equation ${\displaystyle z=x^{3}-3xy^{2}}$
• Sources and sinks, vectors field in a point that are neither of the two are sometimes called saddles.

Other uses

• Saddle (artwork), a 1993 sculpture by Dorothy Cross
• Saddle, a cut of lamb
• Saddle, the bearing surface on the bridge of a stringed instrument
• Saddle, or cricket (roofing), a ridge structure on a chimney

See also

• Saddleback (disambiguation)
• Saddler (disambiguation)
• Saddle tank (disambiguation)
• Lordosis, or 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
• Worshipful Company of Saddlers, a London livery company
• Anomiidae, a family known as saddle oysters
• Saddle blanket, placed under a saddle

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