sidesaddle

sidesaddle
/suyd"sad'l/, n.
1. a saddle for women on which the rider sits, facing forward, usually with both feet on the left side of the horse.
adv.
2. seated on a sidesaddle: The girl hunted sidesaddle.
[1485-95; earlier syd saddyl. See SIDE1, SADDLE]

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