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Cinch vs Saddle - What's the difference?

cinch | saddle |

As nouns the difference between cinch and saddle

is that cinch is a simple saddle girth used in mexico while saddle is a seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal.

As verbs the difference between cinch and saddle

is that cinch is to bring to certain conclusion while saddle is to put a saddle on an animal.

cinch

English

Noun

(es)
  • A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
  • * He found Andy morosely replacing some broken strands in his cinch , and he went straight at the mooted question. — B. M. Bower, The Flying U's Last Stand
  • (informal) Something that is very easy to do.
    • No problem ... it's a cinch .
  • * "We thought we had a cinch on getting out by way of this cord and so we followed that." — Major Archibald Lee Fletcher, Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns
  • (informal) A firm hold.
  • * You've got the cinch on him. You could send him to quod, and I'd send him there as quick as lightning. I'd hang him, if I could, for what he done to Lil Sarnia. — Gilbert Parker, The World For Sale,

    • Synonyms

    * (something that is very easy to do) See also (an activity that is easy) * breeze * cakewalk * doddle * piece of cake * walk in the park * walkover

    Verb

  • To bring to certain conclusion.
  • To tighten down.

    • Quotations

    * 1911', ''"I intend to '''cinch that government business."'' — Margaret Burnham, ''The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise

    Derived terms

    * cincher

    saddle

    English

    (wikipedia saddle)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) sadol, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
  • An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal
  • A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle etc
  • A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone
  • A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
  • * 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 483:
    • With Lizzie leading, they scrambled quickly over several false peaks towards the saddle .
  • The raised floorboard in a doorway.
  • (construction) A small tapered/sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
  • (nautical) A block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
  • (engineering) A part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
  • The clitellus of an earthworm.
    • Derived terms
    (terms derived from saddle) * dressage saddle * English saddle * in the saddle * jumping saddle * park saddle * packsaddle * racing saddle * saddle beast * saddleback * saddlebag * sidesaddle * Western saddle

    Etymology 2

    Old English sadolian

    Verb

    (saddl)
  • To put a saddle on an animal.
  • To get into a saddle.
  • (idiomatic) To burden or encumber.
  • (idiomatic) To give a responsibility to someone.
    • He has been saddled with the task of collecting evidence to the theft.

    See also

    * sidle

    Anagrams

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