resaddle

English

Etymology

re- + saddle

Verb

resaddle (third-person singular simple present resaddles, present participle resaddling, simple past and past participle resaddled)

  1. To saddle again, to put a saddle back on (e.g. a horse).
    • 1887, Thomas Stevens, chapter VIII, in Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. II: From Teheran to Yokohama, London: Sampson Low [] :
      They accept the proffered kerans with a look of bewilderment, as though quite unable to comprehend why I should tender them money, and they lay it carelessly down on the sand while they assist the sowars to resaddle their horses.
    • 1914, G. A. Henty, The Cornet of Horse:
      The marquis at once agreed to the plan, and Rupert went down into the stable yard, and began to resaddle the horses.
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