Saddle vs Pedal - What's the difference?
saddle | pedal |
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:
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.
To put a saddle on an animal.
To get into a saddle.
(idiomatic) To burden or encumber.
(idiomatic) To give a responsibility to someone.
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano
(medicine) a foot or footlike part.
To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.
To operate a bicycle.
As nouns the difference between saddle and pedal
is that saddle is a seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal while pedal is pedal.As a verb saddle
is to put a saddle on an animal.saddle
English
(wikipedia saddle)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) sadol, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- With Lizzie leading, they scrambled quickly over several false peaks towards the saddle .
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 saddleEtymology 2
Old English sadolianVerb
(saddl)- He has been saddled with the task of collecting evidence to the theft.
See also
* sidleAnagrams
*pedal
English
Noun
(en noun)- There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.
- A piano usually has two or three pedals .
- the pedal of a loom
Derived terms
* brake pedal * pedal pushers * soft pedal * sostenuto pedal * sustaining pedalVerb
- to pedal one's loom
- He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.
