Saddle vs Stripe - What's the difference?
saddle | stripe |
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 long, straight region of a single colour.
(in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
(informal) Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
A long narrow mark left by striking with a lash or rod; by extension, such a stroke.
* Bible, Deuteronomy xxv. 3
* Thomson
* 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
(weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
To mark with stripes.
(computing) To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.
As nouns the difference between saddle and stripe
is that saddle is a seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal while stripe is a long, straight region of a single colour.As verbs the difference between saddle and stripe
is that saddle is to put a saddle on an animal while stripe is to mark with stripes.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
*stripe
English
(wikipedia stripe)Noun
(en noun)- persons of the same political stripe
- Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
- Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes .
- Thou most lying slave, / Whom stripes may move, not kindness!