ETYM Old Eng. sadel, as. sadol; akin to Dutch zadel, German sattel, Old High Germ. satal, satul, Icel. söthull, Dan. and Swed. sadel; cf. Russ. siedlo; all perh. ultimately from the root of Eng. sit.
1. A seat for the rider of a horse.
2. A piece of leather across the instep of a shoe.
3. Posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl.
4. Cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins.
1. Siège. Selle de vélo, de cheval, etc.
2. (Au pluriel) Excréments.
3. Défécation. Des selles quotidiennes.
1. To load or burden; encumber
2. To put a saddle on