1. Siège. Selle de vélo, de cheval, etc.
2. (Au pluriel) Excréments.
3. Défécation. Des selles quotidiennes.
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.
ETYM Old Eng. sete, Icel. saeti; akin to Swed. säte, Dan. saede, Mid. High Germ. sâze, as. set, setl, and Eng. sit. Related to Sit, Settle.
1. A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised).
2. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); SYN. place.
3. Any support where one can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which one sit).
4. Furniture that is designed for sitting on.
5. The cloth that covers the buttocks.