saddlebag
Syllables: sad·dle·bag/ˈsædəlˌbæɡ/
saddlebag noun: a covered pouch, usually one of a pair, laid across the back of a horse, donkey, or mule behind its saddle, or hanging over the rear wheel of a motorcycle; often made of leather or (on a motorcycle) a rigid material.
Noun
saddlebag (plural saddlebags)
- A covered pouch, usually one of a pair, laid across the back of a horse, donkey, or mule behind its saddle, or hanging over the rear wheel of a motorcycle; often made of leather or (on a motorcycle) a rigid material.
- By 1482 the printing capital of the world was Venice, and the busiest printer there was a man called Aldus Manutius who used to have a sign outside his shop saying 'If you would speak to Aldus, hurry — time presses'. He had good reason. No single printer did more to spread the printed word than he....1978, James Burke, Connections, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 105
- Frustrated, rushed, you toss the saddlebags filled with textbooks, ungraded papers, and drafts of poems onto the back of your cruiser motorcycle and roar off down Ambler not thinking speed and a strong crosswind will lift the saddlebags into flight like some leather-winged prehistoric bird hanging...2006, Robert Adon Fink, Twilight Innings: A West Texan on Grace and Survival, page 16
- pannier
- A seat pack or a seat bag (a pouch or a small bag attached to the seat or seat post of a bicycle)
- Loose fatty flesh on a person's upper thighs or buttocks, that hangs like saddlebags.
- The area treated was always the side of the thighs, where she had visible saddlebags.2002, Maria Makarovic, Doctor Help Me Slim Down!: Firm Up and Get Rid of Cellulite!, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 141
- Synonyms:
- riding breeches
- A style of house with two rooms separated by a small hall and open space.
Verb
saddlebag (third-person singular simple present saddlebags, present participle saddlebagging, simple past and past participle saddlebagged)
- To place in a saddlebag.
- To put a saddlebag on (an animal).
saddlebag meaning in Hindi, Tagalog and Persian
saddlebag in Hindi
- saddlebag
- गोन gon
saddlebag in Tagalog
- covered pouch
- kabalyas
saddlebag in Persian
- covered pouch
- خرجین xorjin
Examples of saddlebag in a sentence
- Lifting the reins over the horse's head, he tied them to a nearby tree limb and moved back to the saddlebags.2008, David Thomasson, The Ghost of Hollering Woman Creek, page 59:
- There was no camp, bedroll, or fire and no other sign of a man, just the saddled horse with saddlebags and packs tied on behind it.2010, Frank W. Lewis, The Gold Rush: 1847-1849, page 417:
Synonyms of saddlebag
Forms of saddlebag
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | saddlebags |
| alternative form | saddle bag |
| alternative form | saddle-bag |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | saddlebags |
| present participle | saddlebagging |
| past participle | saddlebagged |
| past | saddlebagged |
Origin of saddlebag
From saddle + bag.
Words formed from saddlebag
- saddlebags glider
Words that rhyme with saddlebag
Questions about saddlebag
- What does saddlebag mean?
- Saddlebag means a covered pouch, usually one of a pair, laid across the back of a horse, donkey, or mule behind its saddle, or hanging over the rear wheel of a motorcycle; often made of leather or (on a motorcycle) a rigid material.
- What is saddlebag in Hindi?
- Saddlebag in Hindi is गोन (gon). See Saddlebag meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use saddlebag in a sentence?
- Lifting the reins over the horse's head, he tied them to a nearby tree limb and moved back to the saddlebags.
- What part of speech is saddlebag?
- Saddlebag can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce saddlebag?
- Saddlebag is pronounced /ˈsædəlˌbæɡ/.
- What is the plural of saddlebag?
- The plural of saddlebag is saddlebags.
Words near saddlebag in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: saddlebag (page history and authors); गोन (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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